Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment the Government has made of the effect of re-brokering academies on pupils' attainment and on schools' Ofsted grades.

The Department is committed to a school system in which all children have access to a good school place. Regional Schools Commissioners (RSCs) are responsible, on behalf of the Secretary of State, for holding all academies, including multi-academy trusts, to account and will intervene where necessary to bring about rapid improvement.

Re-brokered academies are subject to the same accountability mechanisms as maintained schools, including publication of pupil results in school performance tables. RSCs consider the performance of all academies in their region at appropriate points in the academic year such as at key stages of their growth or following the publication of exam results or Ofsted inspection reports. As part of this, they will monitor pupil attainment and Ofsted grades and make sure that re-brokered academies are receiving sufficient and appropriate support in order to secure the required improvements.