logo-education
0370 270 6000

already registered?

Please sign in with your existing account details.

Sign in with LinkedIn

need to register?

Register to access exclusive content, sign up to receive our updates and personalise your experience on brownejacobson.com.

Privacy statement - Terms and conditions

Register with LinkedIn

Forgotten your password?

Browne Jacobson home arrow Home arrow Insights arrow Blogs arrow State School merges with an Independent School to form an all-through Academy

state school merges with an independent school to form an all-through academy

11 September 2012

The UK’s first state and independent school merger as an all-through academy is set to open in September 2013. The merger will be between the independent school, King’s School in Tynemouth and a nearby maintained school, Priory Primary School. The new all-through academy will be sponsored and operated by Woodard Academies Trust for children aged between 4 to 18 years old. It is expected that the academy will eventually cater for 1,425 pupils.

The DfE has endorsed this groundbreaking model of amalgamating a maintained sector school with a high performing independent school to provide even greater opportunities for all pupils. It is an excellent example of where academies are proving to be the best way forward of integrating children and ensuring that every child has an outstanding education, without leaving parents with a significant financial burden.

related opinions

Government guidance on Covid-19 for Higher Education (HE) institutions

Following the Prime Minister’s announcement on new measures to tackle Coronavirus, and with students about to start new terms, the government has updated its guidance to universities to make their buildings and campuses as safe as possible.

View blog

Government announces ten-year programme of school rebuilding

Ambitious funding plans, announced recently by the Prime Minister, have made clear that spending on school buildings is seen as a key element of efforts to stimulate the economy post-COVID.

View blog

Members of academy trusts have fiduciary duties

We are increasingly asked are there any limits on how members can exercise their powers.

View blog

Levelling Up – What now for education policy?

Following the Conservatives’ election victory in December the new government will be able to implement their election manifesto in full.

View blog

View all blogs

mailing list sign up



Select which mailings you would like to receive from us.

Sign up

information

  1. Investors in people
  2. Lexcel
  4. Plain English Campaign Approved

follow us...

© Copyright Browne Jacobson LLP 2020 - All rights reserved