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Documents that schools converting to an academy will need as they go through the conversion process.
Application processes for mainstream and special schools applying to convert to academy status.
Deadlines for schools converting to academy status.
This guidance is for sixth form colleges who are converting to academy status and hold contracts for Apprenticeships, Advanced Learner Loans or Adult Education Budget.
How maintained schools can apply to convert to academy status.
Forms for eligible schools converting to academies to claim the support grant and to declare what portion of the grant they’ve spent.
Template documents with standard articles of association for different types of academy trust.
Types of school and how they're run - community schools, academies, free schools, faith schools, state boarding schools.
Documents and guidance for pupil referral units converting to alternative provision (AP) academies.
Documents that grammar schools converting to academies must complete to make changes to their admissions criteria.
Documents to help schools converting to academy status submit their land information to the Department for Education.
This guide explains how we select new schools and schools that undergo significant changes for inspection.
Information on all academies, free schools, studio schools and university technical colleges (UTCs) open in England, and those in the process of opening.
Guidance about the regulation of schools and academies as exempt charities.
Advice for state-funded school admission authorities, independent schools, local authorities and parents.
Documents for schools transferring the freehold of their school site to the academy trust as part of the academy conversion process.
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