Schools: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 127246 on schools: standards, he will list the (a) 26 schools that have remained unmatched to an academy sponsor for over a year, (b) four schools that have remained unmatched for two years and (c) nine schools that have remained unmatched for three years or more.
Government answer
The information requested is shown in the below tables.
Table1: Number of local authority maintained schools issued with an academy order following an inadequate Ofsted judgement that have not been matched to a sponsor for 1 year or more.
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Number
URN
School Name
1
103308
Wilkes Green Infant School (NC)
2
130980
Tracks
3
109252
St Pius X RC Primary School
4
110236
West Wycombe Combined School
5
105331
Holy Trinity Primary School
6
107560
St Joseph's RC Primary School, Todmorden
7
112354
St Begh's Catholic Junior School
8
112382
Netherhall School
9
117515
Barclay School
10
119662
St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, Bacup
11
100743
Sedgehill School
12
104648
St Clare's Catholic Primary School
13
104657
St Nicholas's Catholic Primary School
14
121426
Moorside Infant School
15
104917
St Teresa's Catholic Infant and Nursery School
16
104959
Savio Salesian College
17
116451
The Sholing Technology College
18
124445
King Edward VI High School
19
125991
Rogate CofE Primary School
20
106445
Leigh CofE Primary School
21
106496
Holy Family Catholic Primary School Platt Bridge
22
106524
Westleigh High School
23
105092
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Birkenhead
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Three schools now have a sponsor match, leaving 23 schools that have remained unmatched with a sponsor for one year or more.
Table 2: Number of local authority maintained schools issued with an academy order following an inadequate Ofsted judgement that have not been matched to a sponsor for 2 years or more.
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Number
URN
School Name
1
103808
Ham Dingle Primary School
2
116432
Cranbourne Business and Enterprise College
3
123049
Rose Hill Primary School
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There are now three schools that have remained unmatched for two years, one school had its academy order revoked.
Table 3: Number of local authority maintained schools issued with an academy order following an inadequate Ofsted judgement that have not been matched to a sponsor for 3 years or more.
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Number
URN
School Name
1
103538
Holy Trinity Catholic School
2
112938
William Allitt School
3
135479
All Saints Catholic High School
4
119745
Fearns Community Sports College
5
108081
Royds School
6
108628
Norham High School
7
110002
St Mary & All Saints Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School
8
104834
De La Salle School
9
106144
St Anne's Roman Catholic High School, Stockport
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In cases where schools in receipt of an academy order remain unmatched to an academy sponsor, the school will be supported in other ways. This can include a preferred sponsor providing interim support, support provided by the local authority or another sponsor, or a teaching school alliance.
Data correct as of February 2018. Data on the future academies can be found in monthly, 'Open academies and academy projects in development' at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/open-academies-and-academy-projects-in-development.