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Meta informationNumber of Sponsor Led Academies

20052006200720082009201020112012
Parliamentary Constituencies
Basildon and Billericay00000000
Braintree00000000
Brentwood and Ongar00000000
Castle Point00000000
Chelmsford00000000
Clacton00001113
Colchester00000111
Epping Forest00000000
Harlow00000000
Harwich and North Essex00000000
Maldon00000011
Rayleigh and Wickford00011111
Rochford and Southend East00000000
Saffron Walden00000000
South Basildon and East Thurrock00002224
Witham00022222
Districts
Basildon00002224
Braintree20022222
Brentwood00000000
Castle Point00000000
Chelmsford00000000
Colchester00000111
Epping Forest00000000
Harlow00000000
Maldon00000011
Rochford10011111
Tendring00001113
Uttlesford00000000
Local Authorities
Essex000367812
Regions
East of England014816243050
National
England274683130200267319501

Number of Sponsor Led Academies as at September each year

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Meta informationNumber of Academy Convertors

201020112012
Parliamentary Constituencies
Basildon and Billericay033
Braintree013
Brentwood and Ongar025
Castle Point01011
Chelmsford0612
Clacton012
Colchester008
Epping Forest044
Harlow046
Harwich and North Essex013
Maldon034
Rayleigh and Wickford056
Rochford and Southend East023
Saffron Walden0610
South Basildon and East Thurrock057
Witham023
Districts
Basildon067
Braintree024
Brentwood025
Castle Point01011
Chelmsford01017
Colchester0110
Epping Forest044
Harlow046
Maldon001
Rochford044
Tendring025
Uttlesford058
Local Authorities
Essex05082
Regions
East of England5164289
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