Department for Education written question – answered at on 30 June 2015.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how often her Department has made an academy order under section 4 of the Academies Act 2010 in each year since 2010; and in what region each school so affected is based.
5065 local authority maintained schools have been issued with academy orders since May 2010.
RSC Region | Number of Academy Orders approved |
East Midlands & Humber | 793 |
Lancashire & West Yorkshire | 480 |
North | 296 |
North East London & East | 583 |
697 | |
742 | |
743 | |
731 | |
Total | 5065 |
RSC Region | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | Total |
East Midlands & Humber | 28 | 185 | 266 | 160 | 121 | 33 | 793 |
Lancashire & West Yorkshire | 26 | 128 | 134 | 77 | 86 | 29 | 480 |
North | 12 | 75 | 72 | 56 | 41 | 40 | 296 |
North East London & East | 41 | 175 | 101 | 106 | 121 | 39 | 583 |
North West London & South Central | 48 | 218 | 207 | 124 | 61 | 39 | 697 |
South London & South East | 43 | 224 | 145 | 152 | 126 | 52 | 742 |
South West | 47 | 247 | 137 | 127 | 126 | 59 | 743 |
West Midlands | 27 | 148 | 192 | 129 | 139 | 96 | 731 |
Grand Total | 272 | 1400 | 1254 | 931 | 821 | 387 | 5065 |
Not all local authority maintained schools that receive an academy order go on to open as an academy; some withdraw their application and others move out of scope for intervention. In addition, others are still in the pipeline to convert to academy status.
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