List of decisions made: July 2026
Updated 1 September 2026
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This is a list of decisions taken in July 2026.
West Yorkshire, North and North East Lincolnshire
Converter academy orders
Project
Farfield Primary and Nursery School, The Priestley Academy Trust, Bradford.
Representations received
No representations were made for this project.
Decision
Approve.
Conflicts of interest
None.
Further actions required
Feed back decision to the school or trust.
Sponsored academy orders
Project
Bramley St Peter’s Church of England Primary School, Leeds, to be sponsored by Abbey Multi Academy Trust.
Representations received
No representations were made for this project.
Decision
Approve with conditions.
Conflicts of interest
None.
Further actions required
Feed back decision to the school and trust setting out the conditions:
- the school and local authority to agree the school’s budget and deficit recovery plan, and the trust and school to agree a revised and finalised financial recovery plan prior to conversion
North Yorkshire, North Humberside and Calderdale
Converter academy orders
Project
Withernsea High School, The Constellation Trust, East Riding of Yorkshire.
Representations received
No representations were made for this project.
Decision
Approve with conditions.
Conflicts of interest
None.
Further actions required
Feed back decision to the school or trust setting out the conditions:
- the trust should provide detailed plans to demonstrate how it will support improved key stage 4 outcomes at Withernsea, alongside the trust’s other improvement priorities
- an SRMA deployment is agreed prior to conversion and implemented post-conversion to provide appropriate financial support and oversight
Significant changes to an open academy
Project
Winifred Holtby Academy, The Consortium Academy Trust, Kingston Upon Hull, City of, adding a special educational needs (SEN) unit or resourced provision to a mainstream academy.
Representations received
Not applicable.
Decision
Approve.
Conflicts of interest
None.
Further actions required
Feed back decision to the school or trust.
Project
Holderness Academy, The Consortium Academy Trust, East Riding of Yorkshire, adding a SEN unit or resourced provision to a mainstream academy.
Representations received
Not applicable.
Decision
Approve.
Conflicts of interest
None.
Further actions required
Feed back decision to the school or trust.
South Yorkshire
Converter academy orders
Project
The Levett School, Nexus Multi Academy Trust, Doncaster.
Representations received
No representations were made for this project.
Decision
Approve with conditions.
Conflicts of interest
None.
Further actions required
Feed back decision to the school or trust setting out the conditions:
- prior to conversion the trust provides updated forecasts for the school, based on the actual conversion date and updated forecast pupil numbers
Trust Changes
Project
The McAuley Catholic High School, to transfer from The McAuley Catholic High School (Single Academy Trust) to join St Francis Catholic Multi Academy Trust, Doncaster.
Representations received
No representations were made for this project.
Decision
Approve.
Conflicts of interest
None.
Further actions required
Feed back decision to the school and trust.
Significant changes to an open academy
Project
Bents Green School, Nexus Multi Academy Trust, Sheffield, adding a satellite site.
Representations received
Not applicable.
Decision
Approve.
Conflicts of interest
None.
Further actions required
Feed back decision to the school or trust.
Academy opening approved in principle
List of academies approved to open the following month.
Project
St Andrew’s Church of England Primary Academy, Ebor Academy Trust, Kingston Upon Hull, City of.
Conflicts
None.
Further action required
No action required.