Academies: Admissions

(asked on 31st October 2016) - View Source

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many requests for directions to admit a child to an academy the Education Funding Agency has received from councils since its establishment on 1 April 2012; and how many such directions were issued in the last four years.


Answered by
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Lord Nash
This question was answered on 8th November 2016

The Education Funding Agency (EFA) has received 121 requests for directions to admit a child to an academy from Local Authorities since its establishment on 1 April 2012 to 31 October 2016.

These requests have resulted in the EFA issuing 15 directions to admit over the same period.

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