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Tuesday 6th May 2014

Asked by: Neil Parish (Conservative - Tiverton and Honiton)

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which schools in Devon have (a) applied for and (b) received academy status since 2010.

Answered by Edward Timpson

Since 2010 the Department has received 72 applications from schools in Devon to convert to academy status; 59 have opened as academies. The details of these schools can be found at the following link, which is updated monthly:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/open-academies-and-academy-projects-in-development

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