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384917

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date	23/06/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Free Schools
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the value is of the total assets held by free schools; and what proportion of such assets were formerly held by public bodies.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	3708
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2015 answer text <p>Sites used by free schools are revalued when all construction work is complete. Costs of sites at the time of acquisition for individual free schools are published on gov.uk when a project's capital costs are no longer considered to be commercially sensitive i.e. when the construction contract has been signed. Data on 49 free schools has been published at this link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/capital-funding-for-open-free-schools" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/capital-funding-for-open-free-schools</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Around a third of permanent sites acquired by the Education Funding Agency for free schools were previously owned by a public body.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 01/07/2015 16:12:08 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

384918

registered interest
date	23/06/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	University of Chester Academies Trust
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to improve the performance of the University of Chester Academies Trust.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	3709
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2015 answer text <p>We share your concerns about the performance of University of Chester Academies Trust (UCAT).</p><p> </p><p>Following his appointment, Mr Pank Patel, Regional Schools Commissioner (RSC) for the West Midlands, which covers Cheshire East, Cheshire West and Chester, has met the trust to challenge them on their strategic plans for improvement and has met the new Chair of the Board of Trustees. Officials have visited UCAT academies to review progress and provide robust challenge on their action plans. As a result of these discussions the trust has implemented a number of changes, including introducing a new leadership structure and appointing a CEO.</p><p> </p><p>In September, they also appointed a strategic educational improvement partner, St John Plessington Catholic College (SJP), an outstanding academy located in Bebington on the Wirral and the lead in the St John Plessington Teaching School Alliance, to review their systems and introduce the necessary measures to bring about the rapid improvements necessary. This agreement will come to an end in the Autumn term, at which time Fallibroome Academy will be involved in coaching leadership and school improvement.</p><p> </p><p>With the introduction of these changes Mr Patel has been reassured that the trust is taking the right steps to build the necessary capacity to ensure that progress is made in each of their academies. Mr Patel and his team will continue to work closely with UCAT to monitor their progress. If rapid and sustainable progress is not made, he will not hesitate to take further action.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 30/06/2015 12:56:58 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

384919

registered interest
date	23/06/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Academies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many complaints have been made to the Education Funding Agency about academies and free schools in the last three years; and what proportion of such complaints have been upheld.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	3707
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2015 answer text <p>Open academies and free schools are required to handle complaints about them in accordance with the Education (Independent School Standards) Regulations 2014. As is the case with maintained schools, complainants are expected to exhaust fully the academy’s complaints procedure before approaching the Education Funding Agency (EFA).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The EFA is responsible for reviewing complaints about whether an academy or free school:</p><p> </p><ul><li><p>has a complaints procedure in place that complies with the Education (Independent School Standards) Regulations 2014;</p></li><li><p>handled the complaint about it in line with its own, compliant, procedure;</p></li><li><p>breached its Funding Agreement in any other way.</p></li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p>From April 2013 to May 2015 the EFA received 3,656 complaints about academies and free schools. 3,512 (96%) of these were not in scope for the EFA to consider. In these cases the EFA will redirect complainants to the appropriate body as soon as possible. 144 (4%) of the complaints received were in scope of the EFA’s remit. 32 (22%) of the in scope complaints were upheld or partially upheld. The EFA does not hold comparable data for the period 2012-13 centrally.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 01/07/2015 16:08:14 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

384920

registered interest
date	23/06/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Free Schools
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the total held in reserves by each free school.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	3710
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2015 answer text <p>Free schools are independent organisations and hold reserves, both as working capital to manage day-to-day commitments, and to build funds for longer term planning as they cannot borrow commercially.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As at the end of August 2014, the most recent year for which financial statements are available, open free schools - either as single free schools or as part of multi-academy trusts - held revenue reserves, as set out in the attached table.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 30/06/2015 13:24:22 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson attachment 1 file name Free_School_Reserves_August_2014.doc title Free_School_Reserves_August_2014
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders