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<p>The process to become an academy is school led, with schools’ Local Governing Bodies
taking the initiative to apply to their Regional School Commissioners’ office on whether
to join an existing academy trust, or form one with partner schools. The only exception
to this, where the department takes a leading role, is where a school is judged as
‘inadequate’ by Ofsted, as the law requires the Secretary of State to make an order
enabling the school to become an academy.</p><p> </p><p>The department aims to ensure
that all schools considering becoming academies are able to join strong academy trusts,
and this has historically been supported through trust capacity funding. Ultimately,
our ambition is for every school that wants to, to benefit from the autonomy and freedom
to innovate that academy status offers, and for schools to collaborate through strong
academy trusts.</p>
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