Academies: Sponsorship

(asked on 1st March 2018) - View Source

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 20 February 2018. to Question 127246, on Schools: Standards, what the timescale was for each academy school which had its funding agreement terminated in the last 12 months to be rebrokered.


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Nadhim Zahawi
This question was answered on 8th March 2018

There are no academy schools that have had their funding agreement terminated without a new trust identified to take over from the point at which termination comes into effect. The department would not leave a gap between funding agreements in any re-brokerage case, as the school would not be in receipt of any funding and therefore could not operate.

The Deed of Novation and/or Variation is the preferred route when academies are being re-brokered; as the Deed of Novation and/or Variation gives greater continuity for the academy.

The costs publication that lists the cases that have been re-brokered can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/academy-trust-transfers-and-grant-funding.

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