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.
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.