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Meta informationNumber of Sponsor Led Academies

20052006200720082009201020112012
Wards
Abbey00000000
Blackheath00000000
Bristnall00000000
Charlemont00000000
Cradley Heath and Old Hill00000001
Friar Park00000000
Great Barr00011111
Great Bridge00000000
Greets Green and Lyng00111111
Hateley Heath00000000
Langley00000000
Newton00000000
Old Warley00000000
Oldbury00001111
Princes End00011111
Rowley00000000
Smethwick00111111
Soho and Victoria00000000
St. Pauls01111111
Tipton Green00000000
Tividale00000000
Wednesbury North00000000
Wednesbury South00000000
West Bromwich Central00000000
Districts
Sandwell51356667
Local Authorities
Sandwell01356667
Regions
West Midlands1361322324262
National
England274683130200267319501

Number of Sponsor Led Academies as at September each year

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Meta informationNumber of Academy Convertors

201020112012
Wards
Abbey000
Blackheath000
Bristnall000
Charlemont000
Cradley Heath and Old Hill000
Friar Park000
Great Barr000
Great Bridge000
Greets Green and Lyng000
Hateley Heath000
Langley001
Newton000
Old Warley000
Oldbury000
Princes End000
Rowley000
Smethwick000
Soho and Victoria001
St. Pauls000
Tipton Green000
Tividale000
Wednesbury North012
Wednesbury South000
West Bromwich Central000
Districts
Sandwell014
Local Authorities
Sandwell014
Regions
West Midlands094165
National
England359811808

Number of Academy Convertors as at September each year

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National Summary

Sponsor led Academies - in September 2012 there were 501 sponsor led academies, up from 27 in 2005.

Academy convertors - in September 2012 there were 1808 academy convertors.

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Dataset Title
Number of Operational Academies
Geographic Coverage
England
Contact Name
Contact Address
Contact E-mail Address
schools.statistics@education.gsi.gov.uk
Statistical Metadata
Scope and Purpose
Academies are publicly funded independent schools, free from local authority and national government control. Other freedoms include setting their own pay and conditions for staff, freedoms concerning the delivery of the curriculum, and the ability to change the length of their terms and school days.

Academy Sponsor Led - Academies are all-ability, state-funded schools established and managed by sponsors from a wide range of backgrounds, including high performing schools and colleges, universities, individual philanthropists, businesses, the voluntary sector, and faith communities.

Academy Convertors - All schools that have chosen through Governing Body Resolution and application to the Secretary of State to become an Academy under the academies Act 2010.

Administrative / Methodological Procedures
Concepts and Definitions
. = Not Applicable
.. = Not Available
- = Nil or negligible
(p) = Provisional data
Data Classifications
Edit and Imputation Procedures
Validation and Quality Assurance
Geographic Referencing
Local Authority (LA) and Government Office Region (GOR) - Each Academy was allocated to it's administrative LA and GOR using the LA element of the individual Academies establishment number.

Ward, Local Authority and Parliamentary Constituency - Geographic Referencing was carried out by the DfE using reference data provided by the Office for National Statistics. Each school was allocated to a 2003 Census Area Statistics (CAS) Ward, local/unitary authority and Government Office Region (GOR) using its postcode.

Disclosure Control / Confidentiality
Sources for Further Information or Advice
e-mail schools.statistics@education.gsi.gov.uk
Web http://www.education.gov.uk/researchandstatistics
http://www.education.gov.uk/schools/leadership/typesofschools/academies

Meta Information

Dataset Title
Number of Operational Academies
Geographic Coverage
England
Contact Name
Contact Address
Contact E-mail Address
schools.statistics@education.gsi.gov.uk
Statistical Metadata
Scope and Purpose
Academies are publicly funded independent schools, free from local authority and national government control. Other freedoms include setting their own pay and conditions for staff, freedoms concerning the delivery of the curriculum, and the ability to change the length of their terms and school days.

Academy Sponsor Led - Academies are all-ability, state-funded schools established and managed by sponsors from a wide range of backgrounds, including high performing schools and colleges, universities, individual philanthropists, businesses, the voluntary sector, and faith communities.

Academy Convertors - All schools that have chosen through Governing Body Resolution and application to the Secretary of State to become an Academy under the academies Act 2010.

Administrative / Methodological Procedures
Concepts and Definitions
. = Not Applicable
.. = Not Available
- = Nil or negligible
(p) = Provisional data
Data Classifications
Edit and Imputation Procedures
Validation and Quality Assurance
Geographic Referencing
Local Authority (LA) and Government Office Region (GOR) - Each Academy was allocated to it's administrative LA and GOR using the LA element of the individual Academies establishment number.

Ward, Local Authority and Parliamentary Constituency - Geographic Referencing was carried out by the DfE using reference data provided by the Office for National Statistics. Each school was allocated to a 2003 Census Area Statistics (CAS) Ward, local/unitary authority and Government Office Region (GOR) using its postcode.

Disclosure Control / Confidentiality
Sources for Further Information or Advice
e-mail schools.statistics@education.gsi.gov.uk
Web http://www.education.gov.uk/researchandstatistics
http://www.education.gov.uk/schools/leadership/typesofschools/academies