Written question asked by Clive Lewis (Labour) on Monday, 22 June 2015, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 24 June 2015. It was answered by Edward Timpson (Conservative) on Tuesday, 30 June 2015 on behalf of the Department for Education.

Academies

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how often her Department has made an academy order under section 4 of the Academies Act 2010 in each year since 2010; and in what region each school so affected is based.

Answer

5065 local authority maintained schools have been issued with academy orders since May 2010.

RSC Region	Number of Academy Orders approved
East Midlands & Humber	793
Lancashire & West Yorkshire	480
North	296
North East London & East	583
North West London & South Central	697
South London & South East	742
South West	743
West Midlands	731
Total	5065

RSC Region	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	Total
East Midlands & Humber	28	185	266	160	121	33	793
Lancashire & West Yorkshire	26	128	134	77	86	29	480
North	12	75	72	56	41	40	296
North East London & East	41	175	101	106	121	39	583
North West London & South Central	48	218	207	124	61	39	697
South London & South East	43	224	145	152	126	52	742
South West	47	247	137	127	126	59	743
West Midlands	27	148	192	129	139	96	731
Grand Total	272	1400	1254	931	821	387	5065

Not all local authority maintained schools that receive an academy order go on to open as an academy; some withdraw their application and others move out of scope for intervention. In addition, others are still in the pipeline to convert to academy status.

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Type: Written question
Reference: 3486
Session: 2015-16
Subjects: Governing bodies Academies
Legislation: Academies Act 2010
Contains statistics: Yes
Link: View this Written question on www.parliament.uk

Academies

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