{"id":1066,"date":"2015-11-06T12:55:05","date_gmt":"2015-11-06T12:55:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/supportforschools\/?page_id=1066"},"modified":"2024-12-10T08:47:35","modified_gmt":"2024-12-10T08:47:35","slug":"academisation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/support-schools-settings\/administration-and-finance\/finance\/academisation\/","title":{"rendered":"Academisation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Academies Act 2010 allows the Secretary of State to approve applications from schools that wish to become Academies. This is being achieved through a simplified, streamlined process. There is a wealth of information and support available to help your school become an Academy. This page outlines the process and points to further sources of information and advice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Timetable and checklist<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The following timetable\/checklist is to be used as a guide by Devon County Council and the School to ensure key tasks are actioned once DCC have received confirmation the School has actually converted (not prior).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/devoncc.sharepoint.com\/:x:\/s\/PublicDocs\/Education\/EdjZC95-u51Po735-_pF7YsBKUIULCkOAGJr97XtxB6cgg\" rel=\"noopener\">Timetable\/Checklist<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/devoncc.sharepoint.com\/:w:\/s\/PublicDocs\/Education\/ERAIvosPlSFCi0dvUY5ScWoBSUVLfXBANCRyNuxah39a2Q\" rel=\"noopener\">Academy Conversion Protocols (Word)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">DfE website links<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/collections\/convert-to-an-academy-documents-for-schools\" rel=\"noopener\">General documents for Schools<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/academy-conversion-surplus-and-deficit-balance-transfer-process\" rel=\"noopener\">Treatment of Surplus or Deficit Balance<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Useful guidance for schools looking to convert to academy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":748,"featured_media":100,"parent":13471,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-1066","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-27 16:04:09","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/support-schools-settings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1066","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/support-schools-settings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/support-schools-settings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/support-schools-settings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/748"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/support-schools-settings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1066"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/support-schools-settings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1066\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28521,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/support-schools-settings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1066\/revisions\/28521"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/support-schools-settings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13471"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/support-schools-settings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/100"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/support-schools-settings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1066"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}