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Meta informationNumber of Sponsor Led Academies

20052006200720082009201020112012
Parliamentary Constituencies
Bosworth00000000
Charnwood00000000
Harborough00000000
Loughborough00000000
North West Leicestershire00000000
Rutland and Melton00000000
South Leicestershire00000000
Districts
Blaby00000000
Charnwood00000000
Harborough00000000
Hinckley and Bosworth00000000
Melton00000000
North West Leicestershire00000000
Oadby and Wigston00000000
Local Authorities
Leicestershire00000000
Regions
East Midlands2341117212748
National
England274683130200267319501

Number of Sponsor Led Academies as at September each year

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Meta informationNumber of Academy Convertors

201020112012
Parliamentary Constituencies
Bosworth008
Charnwood006
Harborough0317
Loughborough028
North West Leicestershire007
Rutland and Melton047
South Leicestershire0110
Districts
Blaby008
Charnwood0211
Harborough0312
Hinckley and Bosworth0010
Melton002
North West Leicestershire007
Oadby and Wigston018
Local Authorities
Leicestershire0658
Regions
East Midlands476224
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