Academies

(asked on 22nd June 2015) - View Source
Questioner
John Stevenson Portrait
John Stevenson
(Conservative - Carlisle)

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) primary and (b) secondary school academies there were in (i) Cumbria and (ii) England and Wales in (A) 2012-13 and (B) 2013-14.

Answered by
Edward Timpson Portrait
Edward Timpson
This question was answered on 30th June 2015

The number of academies in England and Cumbria is shown in the table below.

Number of open academies1 by phase in England2, January 2013 and January 2014

Primary

Secondary

January 2013

January 2014

January 2013

January 2014

(i) Cumbria local authority

12

13

17

18

(ii) England

1,006

1,789

1,638

1,893

Notes:

  1. Including free schools, university technical colleges and studio schools.

  2. The figures provided are for England only. The academies policy does not apply to Wales and education policy in Wales is devolved to the National Assembly for Wales.

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