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Academies

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of (a) primary and (b) secondary schools secured academy status in each year since 2010; and how many of these were in a multi-academy trust.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
10 Dec 2024
Target answer date
12 Dec 2024
Answer
18 Dec 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 10 Dec 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of (a) primary and (b) secondary schools secured academy status in each year since 2010; and how many of these were in a multi-academy trust.

  2. 12 Dec 2024

    Target answer date

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  3. 18 Dec 2024

    Answer published

    The attached information details the current number of open academies and free schools, by phase and their respective year of opening, as well as the proportion of state-funded schools this represents.Of the 11,224 open academies and free schools as of 1 ...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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