Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, will Academy conversions be suspended during the covid-19 outbreak.
The Department is focused on the welfare of pupils and all those who work in the education system at this time. Ofsted has currently suspended routine inspections so the Department will not be issuing new academy orders to schools judged inadequate.
For schools which were due to convert on 1 April 2020, where possible these conversions will still proceed to reduce uncertainty over the status of these schools.