Question follow-through · 36906
Academies: Complaints
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what independent mechanisms exist to appeal decisions on upholding complaints against academy trusts.
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 10 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 12 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 22 Apr 2025 · 43 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
10 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what independent mechanisms exist to appeal decisions on upholding complaints against academy trusts.
12 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
22 Apr 2025
Answer published
My right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education is the principal regulator for academies. All academies are required to have a complaints process which adheres to Part 7 of the Education (Independent School Standards) Regulations 2014. This set...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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