Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many secondary schools her Department has closed within three years of their conversion from a state secondary school to a single trust academy.
The Department for Education has not closed any academies (excluding free schools, studio schools and UTCs) solely as a result of Ofsted reports. When a decision is taken to close an academy many factors are taken into consideration. Closure in this context is taken to include the complete permanent closure of a school, as well as closures which take place as a result of allowing schools to amalgamate or merge. An academy may also be re-brokered. This is where an academy changes trust and/or sponsor and is closed and re-opened as a new academy in a different trust.
59 academies have been closed since 2010. The majority of these have either been re-brokered, amalgamated or merged with other academies.
There have been complete closures of four academies. Two of these academies are secondary academies and have closed since 2015.
Of these four academies, only one was rated as Inadequate by Ofsted in the inspection prior to its closure, although at its previous inspection it was rated as Good.
Establishment Name | Close Date | Phase Of Education | Last Ofsted grade | Last Ofsted date |
The Marlowe Academy | 03/09/2015 | Secondary | Requires Improvement | 10/07/2013 |
Manchester Alternative Provision Academy | 01/09/2014 | Not applicable | No inspection data | No inspection data |
Weston Academy | 31/12/2015 | Primary | Inadequate | 21/01/2015 |
Oasis Academy Hextable | 31/08/2016 | Secondary | Requires Improvement | 22/04/2015 |
One secondary school, Oasis Academy Hextable, closed within three years of their conversion from a state secondary school. This school was part of the Oasis multi academy trust and after the trust reviewed pupil projections it was deemed that this academy was not viable.