Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 12 June 2019 to Question 259839 on Academies, how many of the 2,631 academies and free schools who do not have a sponsor were formerly sponsored.

Of the 2,631 academies and free schools who do not currently have a sponsor, 14 are sponsored academies that are no longer linked to a sponsor. This can be for a variety of reasons, ranging from an improved Ofsted Inspection Outcome to a Diocesan request for links to be removed.

A list of these open academies is available via the link below:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/open-academies-and-academy-projects-in-development.