The Academies Programme is a policy under which state schools in England are funded directly by central government and operate independently of local authority control, typically run by non-profit academy trusts. Introduced in 2000 as a small initiative targeting underperforming schools in disadvantaged areas, the programme was substantially expanded by the Academies Act 2010, after which academy status became available to any school and a large share of England's secondary schools converted to it.
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Policy TypeGovernance or Accountability Policy 1 Enacted / Adopted Year Sources
1. Academy (English school) (Wikipedia)
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In England, an academy (or academy school) is a state-funded school which is directly funded by the Department for Education and independent of local authority control.
2. Education in England: the history of our schools (Derek Gillard): Education in England: a history, chapter 17 (New Labour)
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In his speech to the Social Market Foundation on 15 March 2000, Blunkett said: These academies, to replace seriously failing schools, will be built and managed by partnerships involving the government, voluntary, church and business sponsors.
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