Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 127246 on schools: standards, he will list the (a) 26 schools that have remained unmatched to an academy sponsor for over a year, (b) four schools that have remained unmatched for two years and (c) nine schools that have remained unmatched for three years or more.

The information requested is shown in the below tables.

Table1: Number of local authority maintained schools issued with an academy order following an inadequate Ofsted judgement that have not been matched to a sponsor for 1 year or more.

Three schools now have a sponsor match, leaving 23 schools that have remained unmatched with a sponsor for one year or more.

Table 2: Number of local authority maintained schools issued with an academy order following an inadequate Ofsted judgement that have not been matched to a sponsor for 2 years or more.

There are now three schools that have remained unmatched for two years, one school had its academy order revoked.

Table 3: Number of local authority maintained schools issued with an academy order following an inadequate Ofsted judgement that have not been matched to a sponsor for 3 years or more.

In cases where schools in receipt of an academy order remain unmatched to an academy sponsor, the school will be supported in other ways. This can include a preferred sponsor providing interim support, support provided by the local authority or another sponsor, or a teaching school alliance.

Data correct as of February 2018. Data on the future academies can be found in monthly, 'Open academies and academy projects in development' at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/open-academies-and-academy-projects-in-development.