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Free schools

This Practice Note applies in England only. There are no free schools in Wales. Although the Academies Act 2010 (AcA 2010) does apply in Wales, the provisions for the creation and funding of new free schools apply only in England.This new category of independent school was created in 2010. Free schools are technically defined as independent schools, but this independence is from the local authority of the area in which they are situated, not from the state. Free schools are funded and regulated by the Department for Education (DfE) through the Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA).Free schools and academiesLegally, free schools are academies. They are founded or operated under AcA 2010. One practical difference between most free schools and most academies is that academies tend to be schools which, when founded, replaced earlier maintained schools, usually in the same buildings. Most free schools tend to have been set up by academy trusts as new schools, occasionally created by parent or teacher groups to meet a particular demand. A few free schools have converted from independent school status.For the comparison with academies, see Practice Note: Introduction to academy schools.Types of free schoolThere are three types of academy (and, therefore, free) school:•mainstream free schools—those that are neither alternative provision nor special schools; the possible age ranges for pupils in a mainstream free school

Setting up a new academy or free school

This Practice Note applies in England only. There are no academies in Wales. Although the Academies Act 2010 (AcA 2010) does apply in Wales, the provisions for the creation and funding of new academies apply only in England.Legally, free schools are academies. They are both founded or operated under AcA 2010. Academies tend to be schools which, when founded, replaced earlier maintained schools. Most free schools tend to have been set up as new schools. A few free schools have converted from independent school status. For the purposes of this note, the term ‘academy’ includes ‘free school’ unless specifically stated.Every academy is run by a proprietor known as an academy trust, which is a company limited by guarantee with exempt charitable status. While some academy trusts run just one school (known as a single academy trust), most academy schools are run by multi-academy trusts in which a single academy trust runs several academy schools.Academies are usually created in one of four circumstances:•the governing body of a maintained school successfully applies to convert into an academy, under AcA 2010, s 3•the Department for Education (DfE) or the local authority decides that a maintained school (which is ‘eligible for intervention’ within the meaning of Part 4 of the Education and Inspections Act 2006 (EIA 2006)) ought to

Funding at an academy or free school

Unlike maintained schools, academies and free schools are funded directly by the Department for Education (DfE) and not by or via the local authority for the area in which they are situated. The central government funding is administered on behalf of the DfE by the Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA).Note: there are no academies in Wales. Although the Academies Act 2010 (AcA 2010) does apply in Wales, the provisions for the creation and funding of new academies apply only in England.Sources of funding for an academy or free schoolFunding for an academy or a free school comes mostly from the general annual grant (GAG) and the earmarked annual grant (EAG), but it may come from other sources too:•grants from the DfE towards the school promoter’s application and setting-up costs•capital expenditure funding from the DfE, as agreed in the DfE’s funding agreement•GAG for recurrent expenditure, again as agreed in the DfE’s funding agreement (this is one of the two major sources of funding)•EAG for particular expenditure agreed ad hoc and payable by the DfE under the funding agreement (this is the second of the two major sources of funding)•s 483A money (section 483A of the Education Act 1996 (EA 1996)), coming from local authorities, to cover the costs of educating children with an

Land and property at an academy or free school

FORTHCOMING CHANGE: The Charities Act 2022 (CA 2022) received Royal Assent on 24 February 2022 and will be implemented on a staggered basis between now and Autumn 2023. CA 2022 will implement the majority of the recommendations from the 2017 Law Commission report, ‘Technical Issues in Charity Law’. For a summary of the recommendations that have been accepted, see News Analysis: Government response to Law Commission report ‘Technical Issues in Charity Law’. For further guidance on the implementation of CA 2022, see News Analysis: Charities Act 2022—what do we know so far?.In practice, academies and free schools differ significantly when it comes to their land holdings, although the legislation is the same for both.Note: there are no academies in Wales. Although the Academies Act 2010 (AcA 2010) does apply in Wales, the provisions for the creation of new academies apply only in England.The statutory provisionsAcA 2010, Sch 1 (as substituted) provides powers for the Secretary of State to provide land for academies and to control their use and disposal. The Academies (Land Transfer Schemes) Regulations 2012, SI 2012/1829 contain provisions relating to the making of a transfer scheme in relation to land for the purposes of an academy under AcA 2010, Sch 1, para 1 or 2 (as substituted by the Education Act 2011 (EA 2011)).

School admissions for maintained schools

School admissions for maintained schools Every child of compulsory school age must engage in full-time education; parents have a duty to secure their child’s regular attendance at school (section 7 of the Education Act 1996 (EA 1996)). In nearly every case, the child is enrolled at a school for this purpose. Admission to a school roll is often simple, but complications arise when the number of applicants for admission exceeds the school’s capacity. Academies are technically independent schools, but they are actually state-funded and use the maintained schools’ system of admissions (admission at fee-paying independent schools is entirely a matter for the school and the parents, subject only to laws on equalities). In either sector, the admission of children with education, health and care (EHC) plans (under the Children and Families Act 2014) is usually controlled through their statutory process. Admissions to early-years classes in maintained schools are hardly regulated at all, but admission to an early years class of a primary school is irrelevant to graduation to, or admission to, the reception year of compulsory schooling. Parents/Guardians must apply afresh. In addition to the legislation, there is important statutory guidance in the School Admissions and Admission Appeals Codes. The latest School Admission Codes were issued in 2014 in England, and 2013 in Wales. The latest School Admission Appeals Codes were

Setting up a new academy or free school

Setting up a new academy or school'>free school This Practice Note applies in England only. There are no academies in Wales. Although the Academies Act 2010 (AcA 2010) does apply in Wales, the provisions for the creation and funding of new academies apply only in England. Legally, free schools are academies. They are both founded or operated under AcA 2010. Academies tend to be schools which, when founded, replaced earlier maintained schools. Most free schools tend to have been set up as new schools. A few free schools have converted from independent school status. For the purposes of this note, the term ‘academy’ includes ‘free school’ unless specifically stated. Every academy is run by a proprietor known as an academy trust, which is a company limited by guarantee with exempt charitable status. While some academy trusts run just one school (known as a single academy trust), most academy schools are run by multi-academy trusts in which a single academy trust runs several academy schools. Academies are usually created in one of four circumstances: • the governing body of a maintained school successfully applies to convert into an academy, under AcA 2010, s 3 • the Department for Education (DfE) or the local authority decides that a maintained school (which is ‘eligible for intervention’ within the meaning of

Public sector apprenticeship target

Public sector apprenticeship target For periods between 31 March 2017 and 31 March 2022, certain prescribed public sector bodies, including those with 250 or more staff in England, had a target under the Public Sector Apprenticeship Targets Regulations 2017 (the 2017 Regulations), SI 2017/513, to employ an average of at least 2.3% of their staff as new apprentice starts annually over the relevant target period. This Practice Note sets out: • to which public sector bodies the duty to have regard to the target applied—see To whom the duty applied, below • the target to which public sector bodies in scope of the 2017 Regulations had to aim, and who was included in the headcount against which the target is measured—see The target, below • the information to be published and/or provided to the Department for Education (DfE)—see Reporting requirements, below • the situation in respect of periods from 1 April 2022 onwards—see Public sector apprenticeships reporting for periods from 1 April 2022, below For information on apprenticeships generally, see Practice Notes: Apprenticeships and Apprenticeships in Scotland. The 2017 Regulations came into force on 31 March 2017 under section 9 of the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009 (ASCLA 2009), and were subsequently amended: • with effect from 31 March 2018 to bring qualifying

Land transfers for new academy schools

Land transfers for new academy schools FORTHCOMING CHANGE: The Charities Act 2022 (CA 2022) received Royal Assent on 24 February 2022 and will be implemented on a staggered basis between now and Autumn 2023. CA 2022 will implement the majority of the recommendations from the 2017 Law Commission report, ‘Technical Issues in Charity Law’. For a summary of the recommendations that have been accepted, see News Analysis: Government response to Law Commission report ‘Technical Issues in Charity Law’. For further guidance on the implementation of CA 2022, see News Analysis: Charities Act 2022—what do we know so far?. This Practice Note applies only in England; there are no academies in Wales. Academy schools are created under the Academies Act 2010 (AcA 2010). An academy school is owned and run by a corporate body, which is usually a company limited by guarantee, called an academy trust or a multi-academy trust (MAT) ( ie a trust which runs more than one academy). The day-to-day funding of the academy (for paying the teachers and other staff, buying materials, computers and books for the pupils, heating and lighting, cleaning and maintenance of grounds and buildings etc) comes from the Secretary of State for Education, via the Education Funding Agency, according to a complicated formula that

Introduction to academy schools

Introduction to academy schools Three types of academy Many of the state-funded secondary schools in England are now academies. The Department for Education (DfE) regularly publishes a spreadsheet showing the total number of academies, with details of the schools that have converted or are in the process of doing so. There are no academies in Wales. Although the Academies Act 2010 (AcA 2010) does apply in Wales, the provisions for the creation and funding of new academies apply only in England. Academy schools are defined in AcA 2010, s 1A. Academy schools are technically defined as independent schools, but this independence is from the local authority for the area in which they are situated, and not from the state. An academy school can be: • a ‘special academy’ if it is organised to make special educational provision for pupils with special educational needs • an alternative provision (AP) academy, defined in the AcA 2010, s 1C. These are 'schools' (see section 4(1C) of the Education Act 1996 (EA 1996)) which are roughly equivalent to maintained-sector pupil referral units (PRU). See Practice Note: Categories of schools, or • a 16 to 19 academy, defined in AcA 2010, s 1B and excluded from the definition of a 'school' by EA 1996, s 4(1B). Note

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Witness statement on quantum in support of a claimant’s claim

Witness statement on quantum in support of a claimant’s claim Filed on behalf of the claimant Witness Statement of [insert initial and surname of witness] Number of witness statement: [insert number of witness statement in relation to the witness] Exhibit details: [insert initials and number of each exhibit referred to] Date on which statement was made: [insert date] [Date of translation: [insert date]] IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE QUEEN’S BENCH DIVISION Claim No. [insert number] Parties A        Claimant and B        Defendant ________________________________ WITNESS STATEMENT ________________________________ I, [insert full name], of [insert full address and occupation] make oath and say as follows: 1 The facts and matters set out in this witness statement are within my own knowledge unless otherwise stated, and I believe them to be true. 2 [I drafted this witness statement myself and these are my own words. OR This witness statement was prepared on my behalf by [insert name and/or role of person who drafted the document] following discussions [in person OR over the telephone OR [insert other form of communication] AND/OR [through an interpreter.] ] ] 3 I am the mother of the claimant and I make this witness statement in support of the claim he is making for damages for personal injury and losses suffered as a result of a road traffic accident which occurred at [time] on [date] on the [name or number of road] in [town, city

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Are academies legally obliged to comply with department of education statutory guidance? If so what is the source of that obligation?

Are academies legally obliged to comply with department of education statutory guidance? If so what is the source of that obligation? What is the legal status of an academy? Academy schools are defined in section 1A of the Academies Act 2010 (AcA 2010). Academy schools are technically defined as independent schools, but this independence is from their local authority, not from the state. An school'>academy school's funding comes from the Secretary of State and is regulated by a funding agreement negotiated with the Department for Education (DfE) or the Education Funding Agency. Academy schools can be special academies if their pupil intake consists entirely of children with statements of special educational needs. There are also alternative provision academies, defined in AcA 2010, s 1C. They are 'schools' (see section 4(1C) of the Education Act 1996 (EA 1996)) and are roughly equivalent to the maintained-sector pupil referral units. The third category of academy is the 16 to 19 academy, defined in AcA 2010, s 1B and excluded from the definition of a 'school' by EA 1996, s 4(1B). Note that an academy school may have a sixth form that teaches 16 to 19-year-olds, but that does not make it a 16 to 19 academy. City academies, city technology colleges and city colleges for the technology

What consent needs to be obtained for a non-maintained special school to sell its site?

What consent needs to be obtained for a non-maintained school'>special school to sell its site? See the following Department for Education guidance which may assist in your research: • School land and property: protection, transfer and disposal • Playing fields and school land: selling or change of use—this guidance applies to all special schools regardless of whether they are maintained or non-maintained Education law treats different categories of school in different ways. The management systems of the school, its funding and the procedures for opening, closing or altering the school all depend on its category. The first level of categorisation distinguishes schools into three groups: • independent schools • academies and free schools, and • maintained schools The land (including the buildings, playing fields etc) on which an academy school (or free school) operates is owned by (or on a long lease to) the company which is running the academy or free school. This company is usually called an Academy Trust, or, in the case of groups of academies, a Multi-Academy Trust. Most independent schools hold their land and premises in the name of their proprietor, who may be an individual, a trust or a corporation. A few derive title from ancient bequests or charters. The maintenance of independent schools' premises is for their proprietors to organise and fund. See Commentary: Schools: Ownership and maintenance of land and premises: The Law of

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No A1P1 duty to compensate on transfer of school land (R (Durand Education Trust) v Secretary of State for Education)

Local Government analysis: Land on which a school was located had been vested in a trust that was also the school’s foundation. When the school converted to academy status, the trust was required to grant a lease to the new governing body of the academy. Some years later, the academy ceased to operate and a statutory direction was made requiring the trust to transfer the land to a local authority. The trust claimed that it had been deprived of its property rights and discriminated against contrary to the Human Rights Act 1998. The Court of Appeal dismissed the claim, concluding that compensation was not payable where school land had always been held in trust and fell to be transferred to a local authority pursuant to statutory powers following a change in the school’s status. Written by Denis Edwards, barrister, Normanton Chambers.

PD right for extensions to schools does not apply to nurseries (Bright Horizons v SCLG)

Planning analysis: In Bright Horizons v SCLG, the Planning Court found that the permitted development right in Schedule 2, Part 7, Class M of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015, SI 2015/596 (the GPDO), which provides for extensions to schools, colleges, universities and hospitals in England, does not extend to nurseries (unless the nursery is used as a registered nursery pursuant to Schedule 2, Part 3, Class T). Neither the ordinary, unqualified meaning of the word ‘school’, nor the particular context in which the word is used in the GPDO, encompass a nursery.

Procedural fairness nevertheless present in cases of differing treatment by Ofsted—(R (on the application of Durand Academy Trust) v Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills)

Local Government analysis: The Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills (Ofsted) appealed against a decision of the High Court in judicial review proceedings. In those proceedings, the High Court had found that Ofsted’s complaints procedure was procedurally unfair because, of its three-stage complaints procedures, one of the stages (step 2) was not available to schools which were considered to be in need of special measures.

Will students’ rights fit the Bill?

Local Government analysis: According to Salima Mawji, director, Rishi Mital, associate solicitor, and Chris Barnett, associate solicitor, at Match Solicitors, to say that the Higher Education and Research Bill is a controversial one might be putting it mildly.

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292. Provisions to be included in academy agreements.

292.     Provisions to be included in academy agreements. An academy agreement1 in respect of an academy school2 or an alternative provision academy3 must include provision allowing the Secretary of State4 to terminate the agreement if special measures are required to be taken in relation to the academy or the academy requires significant improvement5. The academy agreement must require the Secretary of State, before terminating the agreement on one of those grounds, to give the proprietor an opportunity to make representations6.An academy agreement in respect of an academy school or an alternative provision academy must also include provision