Education and Skills written question – answered at on 22 May 2006.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the projected capital cost is of each of the City Academies that were announced as being in the pipeline in the press release issued on 16 March.
27 Academies are currently open. Of the remaining 73 Academy projects announced as being in the pipeline, 23 have signed funding agreements which include a figure for the capital cash limit. Those figures are:
Academy | Current agreed capital cash limit (£) | Total planned pupil numbers | Capital cash limit per (projected) pupil (£) |
Westminster | 30,200,082 | 1,175 | 25,702 |
Petchey (Hackney) | 34,214,999 | 1,200 | 28,512 |
John Madejski (Reading) | 27,656,303 | 1,100 | 25,142 |
Sandwell | 27,149,860 | 1,200 | 22,625 |
Paddington | 31,175,682 | 1,175 | 26,532 |
North Liverpool City | 32,552,363 | 1,750 | 18,601 |
Grace (Solihull) | 31,278,736 | 1,350 | 23,169 |
David Young Community (Leeds) | 23,700,000 | 1,170 | 20,256 |
Barnsley | 25,506,332 | 1,150 | 22,179 |
Thomas Deacon (Peterborough) (1) | 46,431,203 | 2,200 | 21,105 |
St. Matthew (Lewisham) | 30,856,162 | 1,345 | 22,941 |
Samworth Enterprise (Leicester) | 19,501,915 | 1,046 | 18,644 |
Harris Academy at South Norwood | 34,491,000 | 1,300 | 26,532 |
The Bridge (Hackney) | 34,688,469 | 1,150 | 30,164 |
Oasis (Immingham) | 24,999,582 | 1,150 | 21,739 |
Oasis (Wintringham) | 23,751,543 | 1,100 | 21,592 |
Oasis (Enfield) | 29,295,641 | 1,150 | 25,474 |
Folkestone | 36,651,169 | 1,480 | 24,764 |
Bradford | 20,471,117 | 1,150 | 17,801 |
Walthamstow | 29,950,551 | 1,150 | 26,044 |
Sheffield Park | 29,000,000 | 1,300 | 22,308 |
Sheffield Springs | 27,300,000 | 1,300 | 21,000 |
Leigh (Dartford) | 36,590,284 | 1,500 | 24,394 |
Langley (Slough) | 31,000,000 | 1,150 | 26,957 |
Average | 29,933,875 | 1,281 | 23,370 |
(1) Thomas Deacon Academy replaces 3 existing schools. |
It is not possible to give an estimated capital cost for Academies which are still only in feasibility, as these may change in terms of their size, scope and location. However, the average cost of a completed Academy with 1,300 pupils and a sixth form in a high-cost inner-city area is £25-30 million. The average cost of a new secondary school of this size and location is similarly £25-30 million. For example, the average cost per pupil of new build voluntary aided schools which the Department is currently funding is £23,886, and the total cost of these new VA schools ranges up to £35,578,800.
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