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Devon Association of Governors - Run by Devon Governors for Devon Governors

Academies

The DAG Board anticipated and has received several enquiries from GBs seeking advice about Academies.   The DAG Board has drawn up a Position Statement which it hopes will assist GBs.  

   There has been a welter of information about Academies from a variety of sources and DAG will endeavour to keep GBs informed of such information.

   To that end we have added this additional section to the website and all relevant information will be placed here in future, with alerts on the news page.

Items

Retaining Department for Education (DfE) establishment number - see below

LDP South West Academies Conference 

DAG Academy Position Statement  (17 July 2010)

DCC Update Briefing 3 on Academies    (10 Sept 2010) 

DCC Cabinet Recommendation on Academies    (14 July 2010)

NGA Chair's view    (26 May 2010)

NGA Questions & Answers on the Academies Bill (V10)   (18 Feb 2011) New

NGA Questions & Answers on the Academies Bill (V9)   (3 Dec 2010)

NGA Briefing Paper on Free Schools    (July 2010)

Academies Bill [HL] 2010-11 - Progress and Summary  (external website)

Academies Bill [HL] - Full text of the bill  (external website)

Academies Bill [HL] Notes - Explanatory Notes relating to the Academies Bill as brought from the House of Lords on 13 July 2010  (external website)

Academies education - Issues for governors  (external website)

Academies education - Frequently asked questions  (external website)

Further items of interest or relevance will be added as and when received.

Retaining Department for Education (DfE) establishment number

Note from Ofsted, Ref: CAS-197561-4XC3VX

Schools that 'convert' to become academies under the Academies Act 2010 retain their Department for Education (DfE) establishment number, but are issued with a new URN by the DfE.  The conversion brings about a change in the legal status of a school because the governing body is dissolved.  The school therefore closes and reopens and becomes a new legal entity.

There will be no inspection report available for the new school straight away as they are usually inspected for the first time in their second year. An inspection in the first year is unlikely.   An Academy will not appear on our website, till they have been inspected.