Question follow-through · 16433

Academies: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what early intervention measures are in place to identify (a) financial mismanagement and (b) declining performance in academy schools.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body: Department for Education
Tabled: 26 Nov 2024
Target answer date: 28 Nov 2024
Answer: 3 Dec 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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26 Nov 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what early intervention measures are in place to identify (a) financial mismanagement and (b) declining performance in academy schools.
28 Nov 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
3 Dec 2024
Answer published
Ofsted routinely inspects academies and must notify my right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education when an academy is causing concern. Where an academy is causing concern, my right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education has powers t...

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