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Academy conversion process
How can we become an academy? We outline the process of becoming an academy and explore converting alone or as part of a MAT. You will also find answers to questions about schools that wish to bring forward the date of conversion, and applications submitted without governing body resolutions.
Contents
- The conversion process: an overview
- Becoming an academy: preliminary considerations
- Converting alone or as part of a MAT
- Appointing trustees
- Expected time scale for the conversion process
- Academy conversion: frequently asked questions
- 7 common pitfalls in academy conversion
- Academies: what are the different ways schools can convert?
- Academy conversion: consultation
- Academy conversion: retaining your existing governing body
- Academy conversions: governing body resolutions
- Brokering and rebrokering schools
- Due diligence: schools joining an existing MAT
- Free schools: overview of the application process
- Managing concerns over academy conversion
- Multi-academy trusts (MATs): schemes of delegation
- Questions for governors to ask about academy conversion
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