Transparency data

Decisions to be taken: June 2026

Updated 29 May 2026

Applies to England

These decisions will be taken in June 2026.

This list of decisions may change before the decision is taken. We will provide an explanation in the decisions made page if this happens.

Submit a comment about an item on this list of decisions

If you have any comments about this list of decisions to be taken, email NW.RG@education.gov.uk.

Comments must be submitted by email by 8 June 2026. Any comments submitted after this deadline may not be considered.

Your email should include:

• the school or academy name (and where this is about a ‘trust change’, also state the name of the recipient trust), and the local authority area of the school or academy
• your relationship to the school or academy
• your comments on the proposal
• any alternative proposals you may have
• any other comments on the school’s or academy’s future

Please note that we will not respond to emails. Any representations received via email may be required to be released if a freedom of information (FOI) request is received by the Department for Education (DfE).

Greater Manchester

Converter academy orders

An application from Benchill Primary School (URN: 132241) and Button Lane Primary School (131938), both of Manchester local authority, to convert and become academies and join Robin Multi Academy Trust.

Significant changes to an open academy

An application for Cedar Mount Academy (URN: 138097), Bright Futures Educational Trust, Manchester local authority, to make the following change: adding a SEN unit or resourced provision to a mainstream academy.

An application for Dial Park Primary School (URN: 150460), Four Rivers Multi Academy Trust, Stockport local authority, to make the following change: To create a resource provision on site which will allow the school to admit up to 24 pupils with identified specific and more complex needs and create specialised facilities.

Trust changes

An application for the following schools to transfer from The Wings’ CE Trust to The Sycamore Church of England Trust LTD:

• Atherton St George’s CofE Primary School (URN: 144371), Wigan local authority
• Leigh CofE Primary School (URN: 144609), Wigan local authority
• St Mark’s CofE Primary School (URN: 144340), Wigan local authority

An application for Crossacres Primary Academy (URN: 140709), Manchester Local Authority to transfer from Crossacres Primary Academy Single Academy Trust and form a new trust called Robin Multi Academy Trust.

Liverpool City Region, Warrington, Cheshire East and Cheshire West and Chester and Blackburn with Darwen and Blackpool and Lancashire and Cumberland and Westmorland and Furness

Converter academy orders

An application from the following schools, to convert and become academies and join Chester Diocesan Academies Trust:

• Prestbury CofE Primary School (URN: 111325), Cheshire East local authority
• Great Budworth CofE Primary School (URN: 111248), Cheshire West and Chester local authority -Antrobus St Mark’s CofE Primary School (URN: 111246), Cheshire West and Chester local authority

An application from the following school, to convert and become an academy and join Chester Diocesan Learning Trust:

• Duddon St Peter’s CofE Primary School (URN: 111281), Cheshire West and Chester local authority

An application from St Mary’s Platt Bridge (URN: 106447), Wigan local authority, to convert and become an academy and join Rainbow Education Multi Academy Trust.

An application from Layton Primary School (URN: 119246), Blackpool local authority, to convert and become an academy and join The Sea View Trust.

Sponsored academy orders

A proposal for Chester Diocesan Learning Trust to sponsor Barrow CofE Primary School (URN: 111270), Cheshire West and Chester local authority.

A proposal for The Sea View Trust to sponsor Fulwood and Cadley Primary School (URN: 119151), Lancashire local authority.

A proposal for Achievement Through Collaboration Trust to sponsor Charles Saer Community Primary School (URN: 119277), Lancashire local authority.

Significant changes to an open academy

An application for Willow Tree Primary School (URN: 146848), Vantage CE Academies Trust, Knowsley local authority, to make the following change: Adding a SEN unit or resourced provision to a mainstream academy.

Trust changes

An application for Norbreck Primary Academy School (URN: 138739), Blackpool local authority to transfer from Mulberry Multi Academy Trust to Synergy Education Trust Limited.

Project types

See the glossary of project types for information on the different types of project.