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Decisions to be taken: September 2026

Updated 31 August 2026

Applies to England

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This publication is available at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/regions-group-school-decisions-south-east/decisions-to-be-taken-september-2026

These decisions will be taken in September 2026.

This list of decisions may change before the decision is taken. We will provide an explanation 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 rg.se@education.gov.uk.

Comments must be submitted by email by 7 September 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

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).

West

Trust changes

  • A proposal for Inspiring Futures Through Learning, Milton Keynes, and Chiltern Learning Trust to merge and form a new trust.

Coastal

Trust changes

  • A proposal for The Cowplain School, Hampshire, to join Bohunt Education Trust

  • A proposal for The Harbour School, URN: 147720, Portsmouth, to transfer to Chiltern Way Academy Trust.

Kent, Medway and Surrey

Trust changes

  • A proposal for St Stephen’s Junior School, URN: 136393, Kent, to join Turner Schools Multi Academy Trust.

  • A proposal for Greenacre School, URN: 150870 and Walderslade School, URN: 150869, Medway, to merge.

Converter academy orders

  • An application from Dunton Green Primary School, URN: 118272, Medway, to convert and become an academy and join Medway Anglican Schools Trust.
  • An application from St. Edmund’s Church of England Primary School, URN: 130948, Medway, to convert and become an academy and join Medway Anglican Schools Trust.
  • An application from St Pauls’ Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, URN: 118590, Medway, to convert and become an academy and join Medway Anglican Schools Trust.
  • An application from St Nicholas CEVC Primary School, URN: 118643, Medway, to convert and become an academy and join Medway Anglican Schools Trust.
  • An application from Crest Infant School, URN: 118330, Medway, to convert and become an academy and join The Fortis Trust.
  • A proposal for Leigh Academies Trust to sponsor Wayfield Primary School, URN: 143909, Medway.

Significant changes to an open academy

  • An application for Danecourt School, URN: 142266, Maritime Academy Trust, Medway, to make the following change:

    • expansion (increasing physical capacity including increasing sixth forms and nurseries)

  • An application for Luton Primary School, URN: 150218, Rivermead Inclusive Trust, Medway, to make the following change:

    • change of age range (including adding or removing a nursery or sixth form provision)

  • An application for Hoo St Werburgh Primary School, and The Marlborough, URN: 143262, Rivermead Inclusive Trust, Medway, to make the following change:

    • removing a special educational needs (SEN) unit or resourced provision

  • An application for Rivermead School, URN:142555, Rivermead Inclusive Trust, Medway, to make the following change:

    • acquiring an additional (satellite) site (Medway)

  • An application for Rivermead School, URN: 142555, Rivermead Inclusive Trust, Medway, to make the following change:

    • acquiring an additional (satellite) site (Bromley)

Project types

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

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