Academies: Sponsorship
(asked on 15th March 2017) - View Source
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many independent schools currently sponsor academies; what independent schools sponsor academies; and which academies each such independent school sponsors.
As of 3 March 2017, eight organisations have been set up by independent schools for the purpose of sponsoring academies. They currently sponsor 11 academies in total.
Three free schools are sponsored by independent schools.
The following table contains the names of the relevant academies, the sponsor organisations to which they are linked, and the relevant independent school(s) that originally established the sponsor organisation.
Academy Name | Sponsor name | Independent School/ Independent School Organisation |
Orchard Meadow Primary School | Blackbird Academy Trust | Dragon School |
Windale Community Primary School | Blackbird Academy Trust | Dragon School |
Theale Green School | Bradfield College | Bradfield College |
The Bourne Academy | Canford School | Canford School |
Birkenhead High School Academy | Girls' Day School Trust (GDST) | Girls' Day School Trust (GDST) – umbrella body of independent schools |
The Belvedere Academy | Girls' Day School Trust (GDST) | Girls' Day School Trust (GDST) – umbrella body of independent schools |
Haileybury Turnford | Haileybury Academy Trust | Haileybury and Imperial Service College |
Messing Primary School | New Hall Academy Trust | New Hall School |
The Steiner Academy Hereford | Steiner Waldorf | Steiner Waldorf Schools Fellowship – umbrella body of independent schools |
Wellington Primary Academy | Wellington College | Wellington College |
The Wellington Academy | Wellington College | Wellington College |
The following table contains the names of the relevant free schools and the sponsoring independent schools.
Free School Name | Independent School/ Independent School Organisation |
New Islington Free School | Manchester Grammar School |
London Academy of Excellence | Brighton College & a consortium of Eton College, Highgate School, City of London School |
Holyport Free School | Eton College |