Policy papers and consultations

The findings of the internal policy review of academy trust oversight and commissioning as we move towards an academy trust-led school system.

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 6 July 2023

Our approach to supporting schools and academy trusts to get best value from their resources.

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 8 June 2023

We are seeking views on providing motor vehicle cover to academy trusts and local authority-maintained schools through the risk protection arrangement (RPA).

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 13 May 2022

What the risk protection arrangement (RPA) is, and why we introduced it.

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 26 August 2021

We're seeking views on centralising the payment of business rates for state-funded schools from the 2022 to 2023 financial year onwards.

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 18 August 2021

An outline of initiatives to help all schools improve how they buy goods and services.

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 20 April 2021

We are seeking views our proposed Get Help Buying for Schools service to help schools and academies buy goods and services.

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 20 April 2021

We are seeking views on possible changes to financial transparency arrangements for academy trusts and local authority maintained (LA) schools.

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 21 July 2020

An evaluation report about the pilot programme to provide tailored advice to academy trusts and schools on effective resource management.

• From: Education and Skills Funding Agency
• Updated: 27 January 2020

We're seeking views on proposed changes to the risk protection arrangement (RPA) from September 2016.

• From: Department for Education and 1 others
• Updated: 12 May 2016

This review aims to better understand the relationship between how a school allocates its budget and the results it achieves.

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 26 June 2013

First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

First annual report covering performance of academies in 2010 to 2011. It also sets out background information on the academies programme.

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 22 June 2012

First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government