Academies
(asked on 11th December 2018) - View Source
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the total cost to the public purse has been of converting local authority schools to academy schools since 2010.
As of 1 December 2018, there are 7,814 open academies.
During the last nine financial years, the department has spent £443 million on pre-opening start-up grants to support local authority schools to convert to become academies. Further details are found in the table below:
Financial Year | Costs |
2018-19 (as at end November 18) | £17 million |
2017-18 | £38 million |
2016-17 | £54 million |
2015-16 | £28 million |
2014-15 | £48 million |
2013-14 | £59 million |
2012-13 | £65 million |
2011-12 | £67 million |
2010-11 | £67 million |
Total | £443 million |