Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the answer to Question 145610 of 23 May 2018 on Academies, how many of the schools that (a) opened as sponsored academies and (b) did not open as sponsored academies have received a new Ofsted grade better than inadequate since directive academy orders were issued.

From 18 April 2016 to 1 May 2018, 426 academy orders have been issued to inadequate local authority maintained schools. Of the 218 schools that have opened as sponsored academies none have been inspected as an academy to date.

Ofsted will usually inspect new schools, including academies when they are in their third year of operation. Ofsted may conduct an inspection of any new school at any time, including within three years of opening, where information held or received causes sufficient concern.

Of the remaining 208 schools that have not opened as a sponsored academy, 39 have been re-inspected, 37 of which have seen their Ofsted grade improve. 186 of the 208 schools are in the process of becoming sponsored academies, 77 of which received an academy order within the last 9 months. 21 schools from the 208 have had their academy orders revoked and are no longer progressing towards conversion. The department supports all schools becoming sponsored academies to have school improvement plans in place regardless of their place in the process.