Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidelines her Department has issued on how a consultation under sections 5(1) and 5(2) of the Academies Act 2010 should be undertaken.

The Department for Education’s document, Convert to an academy: guide for schools, provides advice to schools on how to pursue conversion to academy status, including information on conducting a statutory consultation. The guidance can be found here: www.gov.uk/guidance/convert-to-an-academy-information-for-schools