This article is aimed at your chair of governors, and it's based on the detailed guide to the academy conversion process from the DfE. Your chair, or your headteacher, will be completing the steps outlined here.
Conversion can take a few months (schools with private finance initiative (PFI) contracts usually take a minimum of 6 months to convert, according to the DfE – see the section 'PFI contracts'), so make sure you're clear on the steps, as well as your role throughout this process.
Download our checklist
Download our checklist for the conversion process so you can tick off all of the steps you need to follow as you go:
The rest of this article details what we've included in the checklist, so we'd suggest reading the article first. Plus, there are some FAQs at the end.
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