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850236

registered interest
date	26/02/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Academies: Closures
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which (a) free schools, (b) studio schools (c) and university technical colleges have closed since 2010; what the cost to the public purse was of each of those closures; and what each of those sites has been used for since each school closure.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	129804
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2018 answer text <p>As of 27 February 2018, there are 391 open free schools, 35 studio schools and 49 university technical colleges (UTCs), which will provide over 256,000 places when at capacity<strong>.</strong></p><p>Since 2010, eight free schools, seven UTCs and 16 studio schools have closed. The primary objective of the Department when making a decision to close a school is to ensure the best possible educational outcomes for pupils and to secure value for money for the taxpayer.</p><p>The list attached has details on how the sites for those schools have since been used. The Department’s published accounts explain any assets that were written off because they could not be reused or recovered.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 06/03/2018 17:58:08 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb attachment 1 file name 129804 - Attachment.docx title Site Information Regarding School Closures
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

782722

registered interest
date	02/11/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Academies: Closures
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much has been written-off by her Department as a result of over-payments to academies and free schools which have since closed.
tabling member constituency	Oldham West and Royton
tabling member printed	Jim McMahon
uin	111075
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2017 answer text <p>For 2016-17 and 2017-18 approval has been granted to write off £818,476 in over payments for closed academies and free schools.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 13/11/2017 16:30:31 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill previous answer version 20989 answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4569 label Biography information for Jim McMahon

749648

registered interest
date	07/07/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Academies: Closures
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and which academies have closed in England since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Wallasey
tabling member printed	Ms Angela Eagle
uin	3641
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2017 answer text <p>There are now 6925 academies, including 432 free schools, studio schools and university technical colleges, which will provide over 230, 000 new school places when they reach capacity. Since 2010, 23 academies (0.3%) have closed permanently:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>Manchester Alternative Provision Academy</p></td><td><p>Academy</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>Marlow Academy</p></td><td><p>Academy</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>Oasis Academy Hextable</p></td><td><p>Academy</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>Weston Academy</p></td><td><p>Academy</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>Discovery New School</p></td><td><p>Free school</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>Dawes Lane Academy</p></td><td><p>Free school</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>Southwark Free School</p></td><td><p>Free school</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>St Michael's Secondary School</p></td><td><p>Free school</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>Stockport Technical School</p></td><td><p>Free school</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>The Durham Free School</p></td><td><p>Free school</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>Bradford Studio School</p></td><td><p>Studio school</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>Create Studio School</p></td><td><p>Studio school</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>Hyndburn Studio School</p></td><td><p>Studio school</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>Inspire Enterprise Academy</p></td><td><p>Studio school</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>Kajans Hospitality &amp; Catering Studio School</p></td><td><p>Studio school</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>Tendring Enterprise Studio School</p></td><td><p>Studio school</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>The Hull Studio School</p></td><td><p>Studio school</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>The Midland Studio College Hinckley</p></td><td><p>Studio school</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>The Midland Studio College Nuneaton</p></td><td><p>Studio school</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>The Studio School Luton</p></td><td><p>Studio school</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>Black Country UTC</p></td><td><p>UTC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>Central Bedfordshire UTC</p></td><td><p>UTC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>Hackney University Technical College</p></td><td><p>UTC</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 18/07/2017 16:03:08 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle

662863

registered interest
date	20/12/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Academies: Closures
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 8 December 2016 to Question 55853, what the cost was of the complete closure of the 14 academies since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	58495
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2017 answer text <p>Since 2010, nine academies have closed in the West Midlands. Of the nine academies that have closed, six were amalgamated with other schools. There have been no academy closures in Birmingham since 2010.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Academies</p></td><td><p>Free Schools</p></td><td><p>Studio Schools</p></td><td><p>Universal technology colleges</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: Edubase 21/12/2016 <a href="http://www.education.gov.uk/edubase/home.xhtml" target="_blank">http://www.education.gov.uk/edubase/home.xhtml</a></p><p>The Department does not record, centrally, information on the costs of school closures.</p><p>The Department has not made an assessment of the number of schools that have closed and opened in the West Midlands, as compared with other regions; but the majority of academies that have closed since 2010 were merged with other schools rather than closed outright, which indicates this is likely to be for local organisational reasons.</p><p>We consider a number of factors, including the financial implications whenever a school closure is proposed. Each such proposed closure arises from a unique set of circumstances. The Department does not, therefore, believe it would provide value for money for the taxpayer to collate information on the cost of all school closures.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 58494 58496 58497 question first answered 09/01/2017 16:01:49 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

661666

registered interest
date	19/12/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Academies: Closures
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answers of 8 December 2016 to Questions 55854 and 55853, on academy closures, for what reasons there is a difference between the number of academies that have been completely closed in those Answers.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	58100
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2017 answer text <p>The answer in question 55853 quoted a complete closure of 14 secondary academies. PQ55854 quoted 2 closures. The difference is a result of one answer more tightly interpreting the definition of academies. The figures in PQ55853 include free schools, studio schools and UTCs, whereas PQ55854 excludes these school types.</p><p>There have been 2 complete closures of academy secondary schools, 2 free schools, 7 studio schools and 3 UTCs.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 09/01/2017 15:56:57 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

649443

registered interest
date	01/12/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Academies: Closures
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many academies her Department has closed as a result of Ofsted reports.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	55854
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2016 answer text <p>The Department for Education has not closed any academies (excluding free schools, studio schools and UTCs) solely as a result of Ofsted reports. When a decision is taken to close an academy many factors are taken into consideration. Closure in this context is taken to include the complete permanent closure of a school, as well as closures which take place as a result of allowing schools to amalgamate or merge. An academy may also be re-brokered. This is where an academy changes trust and/or sponsor and is closed and re-opened as a new academy in a different trust.</p><p>59 academies have been closed since 2010. The majority of these have either been re-brokered, amalgamated or merged with other academies.</p><p>There have been complete closures of four academies. Two of these academies are secondary academies and have closed since 2015.</p><p>Of these four academies, only one was rated as Inadequate by Ofsted in the inspection prior to its closure, although at its previous inspection it was rated as Good.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Establishment Name</p></td><td><p>Close Date</p></td><td><p>Phase Of Education</p></td><td><p>Last Ofsted grade</p></td><td><p>Last Ofsted date</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Marlowe Academy</p></td><td><p>03/09/2015</p></td><td><p>Secondary</p></td><td><p>Requires Improvement</p></td><td><p>10/07/2013</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Manchester Alternative Provision Academy</p></td><td><p>01/09/2014</p></td><td><p>Not applicable</p></td><td><p>No inspection data</p></td><td><p>No inspection data</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Weston Academy</p></td><td><p>31/12/2015</p></td><td><p>Primary</p></td><td><p>Inadequate</p></td><td><p>21/01/2015</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oasis Academy Hextable</p></td><td><p>31/08/2016</p></td><td><p>Secondary</p></td><td><p>Requires Improvement</p></td><td><p>22/04/2015</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>One secondary school, Oasis Academy Hextable, closed within three years of their conversion from a state secondary school. This school was part of the Oasis multi academy trust and after the trust reviewed pupil projections it was deemed that this academy was not viable.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 55886 55972 question first answered 08/12/2016 15:22:28 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

649447

registered interest
date	01/12/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Academies: Closures
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many secondary academies her Department has closed since (a) 2010 and (b) 2015.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	55886
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2016 answer text <p>The Department for Education has not closed any academies (excluding free schools, studio schools and UTCs) solely as a result of Ofsted reports. When a decision is taken to close an academy many factors are taken into consideration. Closure in this context is taken to include the complete permanent closure of a school, as well as closures which take place as a result of allowing schools to amalgamate or merge. An academy may also be re-brokered. This is where an academy changes trust and/or sponsor and is closed and re-opened as a new academy in a different trust.</p><p>59 academies have been closed since 2010. The majority of these have either been re-brokered, amalgamated or merged with other academies.</p><p>There have been complete closures of four academies. Two of these academies are secondary academies and have closed since 2015.</p><p>Of these four academies, only one was rated as Inadequate by Ofsted in the inspection prior to its closure, although at its previous inspection it was rated as Good.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Establishment Name</p></td><td><p>Close Date</p></td><td><p>Phase Of Education</p></td><td><p>Last Ofsted grade</p></td><td><p>Last Ofsted date</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Marlowe Academy</p></td><td><p>03/09/2015</p></td><td><p>Secondary</p></td><td><p>Requires Improvement</p></td><td><p>10/07/2013</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Manchester Alternative Provision Academy</p></td><td><p>01/09/2014</p></td><td><p>Not applicable</p></td><td><p>No inspection data</p></td><td><p>No inspection data</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Weston Academy</p></td><td><p>31/12/2015</p></td><td><p>Primary</p></td><td><p>Inadequate</p></td><td><p>21/01/2015</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oasis Academy Hextable</p></td><td><p>31/08/2016</p></td><td><p>Secondary</p></td><td><p>Requires Improvement</p></td><td><p>22/04/2015</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>One secondary school, Oasis Academy Hextable, closed within three years of their conversion from a state secondary school. This school was part of the Oasis multi academy trust and after the trust reviewed pupil projections it was deemed that this academy was not viable.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 55854 55972 question first answered 08/12/2016 15:22:28 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

577494

registered interest
date	07/09/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Academies: Closures
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many multi-academy trusts her Department has closed in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Yardley
tabling member printed	Jess Phillips
uin	45570
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2016 answer text <p>The Department has a role in monitoring the performance of Multi-Academy Trusts (MATs) and the academies within them. This includes transferring an academy from one MAT to another where there are significant concerns about performance and the MAT does not have the necessary capacity to make improvements.</p><p> </p><p>MATs are charitable trusts and companies limited by guarantee. It is for its board to decide whether or not to dissolve the trust; the Department has no role.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 15/09/2016 16:57:08 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4370 label Biography information for Jess Phillips

577496

registered interest
date	07/09/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Academies: Closures
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many academies judged inadequate had their funding agreement terminated and were closed in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	45537
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text <p>All inadequate academies are automatically subject to scrutiny and close monitoring by Regional Schools Commissioners (RSCs) to secure rapid improvements.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Academic Year</p></td><td><p>*Number of ‘inadequate academies’</p></td><td><p>Number of ‘inadequate academies’ that have moved trusts</p></td><td><p>**Number of ‘inadequate academies that have been issued with a formal notice.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>94</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>92</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>*The information shown includes those academies inspected within an academic year and therefore if an academy has had more than one inadequate inspection this will be included in each year</p><p>**Excludes formal notices where the academy has since moved trust</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 12/09/2016 16:40:30 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

539517

registered interest
date	18/07/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Academies: Closures
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many Multi Academy Trusts have closed down in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	43218
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2016 answer text <p>The Department has a role in monitoring the performance of Multi-Academy Trusts (MATs) and the academies within them. This includes transferring an academy where there are significant concerns about performance from one MAT to another.</p><p> </p><p>MATs are charitable trusts and companies limited by guarantee. It is for its board to decide whether or not to dissolve the trust; the Department has no role.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 09/09/2016 15:53:50 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms