Education: Academies: Hertfordshire (22nd June 2011)
Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire, Conservative)
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many schools have (a) applied for and (b) achieved academy status in North East Hertfordshireconstituency; and if he will make a statement on the timetable for decisions on any outstanding applications.
Nick Gibb (Minister of State (Schools), Education; Bognor Regis and Littlehampton, Conservative)
As of1 June, five schools in North East Hertfordshire have applied to convert to academy status. Of these, The Knights Templar has opened as an academy in April 2011. The remaining four schools-Freman college, Roysia middle school, Greneway school and Meridian school-are currently in the conversion process and expecting to open as academies in August 2011. Roysia, Greneway and Meridian schools are applying together to form a chain under a multi-academy trust arrangement.
Full details of schools that have formally applied for academy status, as well as a list of academies that have opened in the academic year 2010/11, can be found on the DfE Academies website at: