Academy conversion: important dates
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Deadlines for schools converting to academy status.
Documents
Important dates for schools converting to academy status on 1 September 2021
PDF, 159KB, 2 pages
Important dates for schools converting to academy status on 1 August 2021
PDF, 159KB, 2 pages
Important dates for schools converting to academy status on 1 July 2021
PDF, 159KB, 2 pages
Important dates for schools converting to academy status on 1 June 2021
PDF, 159KB, 2 pages
Important dates for schools converting to academy status on 1 May 2021
PDF, 159KB, 2 pages
Important dates for schools converting to academy status on 1 April 2021
PDF, 157KB, 2 pages
Important dates for schools converting to academy status on 1 March 2021
PDF, 158KB, 2 pages
Important dates for schools converting to academy status on 1 February 2021
PDF, 158KB, 2 pages
Details
These documents explain the deadlines for schools wanting to open as an academy in a chosen month.
Read more guidance for schools converting to academy status.
Published 3 September 2015
Last updated 22 January 2021 + show all updates
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Added documents for schools converting to academy status on 1 May, 1 June, 1 July, 1 August, 1 September 2021 and removed expired documents for October, November, December 2020 and January 2021.
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Added key dates for schools converting to academy status on 1 January, 1 February, 1 March, 1 April 2020.
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Added October, November and December dates and removed March, April and May.
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Added documents for schools converting to academy status on 1 July, 1 August and 1 September 2020 and removed expired documents for November 2019 to February 2020.
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Added documents for schools converting to academy status on 1 March, 1 April, 1 May and 1 June 2020, removed expired documents for September and October 2019, and displayed documents in reverse chronological order.
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Added documents for schools converting to academy status on 1 January and 1 February 2020, removed expired documents for June, July and August 2019, and displayed documents in reverse chronological order.
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Added important dates for schools converting to academy status in September, October, November and December 2019.
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Added 5 timeline documents for 2019.
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Updated documents ‘Important dates for schools converting to academy status’ dated 1 September 2018 to 1 March 2019. Removed documents dated 1 July 2018 and 1 August 2018.
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Added updated set of dates for academy conversion and removed old dates.
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Added dates for April to September 2018 academy conversions.
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Added important dates from October 2017 through to March 2018. Removed outdated April to June 2017 information.
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Updated documents for schools converting to academies between April 2017 and June 2017. Added new documents for schools converting between July 2017 and September 2017.
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Added January to June 2017 timelines; removed outdated April and May 2016 timelines.
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Added important dates guidance for schools wanting to open as an academy in September, October, November or December.
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Added the dates for schools converting on 1 May, June, July and August 2016. Removed the December 2015 and January 2016 documents.
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Removed November 2015 document.
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Removed October 2015 document.
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Added the dates for schools converting on 1 January, February, March and April 2016.
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Added the dates for schools converting on 1 December 2015.
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