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20052006200720082009201020112012
Wards
Alconbury and The Stukeleys00000000
Brampton00000000
Buckden00000000
Fenstanton00000000
Godmanchester00000000
Gransden and The Offords00000000
Huntingdon East00000000
Huntingdon North00000000
Huntingdon West00000000
Kimbolton and Staughton00000000
Little Paxton00000000
St Ives East00000000
St Ives South00000000
St Ives West00000000
St Neots Eaton Ford00000000
St Neots Eaton Socon00000000
St Neots Eynesbury00000001
St Neots Priory Park00000000
The Hemingfords00000000
Parliamentary Constituencies
Huntingdon00000001
Local Authorities
Cambridgeshire00000003
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
Wards
Alconbury and The Stukeleys000
Brampton000
Buckden001
Fenstanton000
Godmanchester001
Gransden and The Offords000
Huntingdon East000
Huntingdon North000
Huntingdon West022
Kimbolton and Staughton000
Little Paxton000
St Ives East000
St Ives South011
St Ives West000
St Neots Eaton Ford022
St Neots Eaton Socon000
St Neots Eynesbury012
St Neots Priory Park011
The Hemingfords000
Parliamentary Constituencies
Huntingdon0710
Local Authorities
Cambridgeshire02334
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