Our widely acknowledged expertise in academies, coupled with our outstanding commitment to the wider education and charities sector enable us to deliver a high quality and cost effective service to schools wishing to convert to academy status.
Projects on which members of our academy team have worked include:
- Maintained school conversions to academies
- City technology college conversions to academies
- Independent school conversions to academies
- Federations of academies
- The conversion of Speedwell Technology College to the Bristol Brunel Academy which was the first school in the country to be delivered on BSF programme (this project received the prestigious award of Best Operational Local Government Project in the Public Private Finance Awards 2008).
How can we help you?
We can assist schools and local authorities on all aspects of academy conversions including:
- Governor briefings
- Expression of interest (where required)
- Consultation processes
- Liaison with the Department for Education; local authority and sponsors
- Setting up the academy trust as a charitable company
- The funding agreement (now called the academy agreement)
- Land transfers
- Community use arrangements
- TUPE transfers and staffing issues
- Admissions policies
- SEN & disability policies
- Federations and governance issues
- Endowment trusts
- Trading companies
We offer a FREE CONSULTATION for schools who are considering conversion to an academy. If you would like to take advantage of this, or if you have any questions on conversion, pease contact Chloe Brunton on 0117 314 5301 or Martha Burnige on 020 7665 0835.
To read further about the impact of the Academies Act 2010, please click here.
