Written Evidence from the Department for
Education
THE ACADEMIES PROGRAMME - 27 OCTOBER 2010
Question 136-140 (Austin Mitchell): A list of
financial contributions promised by sponsors for all academies,
and what has been delivered to date.
The attached schedule sets out, for the 32 academies
where there are contributions still to be made in relation to
capital sponsorship, details of the pledged amounts and actual
contributions. We have also included, for information, those projects
that have fully paid their pledged contributions.
The schedule also sets out, for 55 academies concerning
endowment funds sponsorship, details of the pledged amounts and
actual contributions.
Capital sponsorship
It should be noted that the Department records evidence
of a capital contribution through receipt of invoices, forwarded
by Academy Trusts, for agreed capital work on individual projects.
These costs are recorded as being met by the sponsor and are offset
against the agreed sponsorship pledge.
The Department is therefore recording evidence of
capital contributions used to cover capital costs submitted by
the Trusts. We believe there may be instances where the sponsor
has provided the full sponsorship but the Trust has not yet used
it to cover build costs.
It also needs to be recognised that not all the outstanding
capital sponsorship contributions are scheduled to be received
at the current time. This may apply to projects where build is
still in progress, although in most cases contributions are expected
to be paid by the time of building completion. When there is less
than 10% of the Department's contribution remaining we would,
unless other agreements are in place, ask the Trust to cover capital
costs from the sponsor's contribution.
In some cases payment of sponsorship was agreed over
a longer period, in which case the Department entered into a 'side
agreement' with the Academy Trust meaning the Department agree
to pay capital contributions on the Trust's behalf but would subsequently
be entitled to recover those costs by reducing the academy's General
Annual Grant (GAG) over a specified timescale.
Endowment sponsorship
Endowment pledges should be considered in the light
of the profile of the payment. Sponsorship is generally provided
over several years under a Deed of Gift and therefore not all
of the outstanding endowment sponsorship contributions are scheduled
to be received at the present time. Payments are made against
an indicative annual profile and there is some flexibility (the
Department could consider a reasonable request for the deferral
of a sponsorship contribution) in the process which can allow
payments to be deferred.
The return is based on data provided by academies
and has not been audited. YPLA will only be able to confirm the
actual contributions that academies have received when it receives
academies' audited annual accounts for the year ended 31 August
2010. Those accounts are not due to be submitted to YPLA until
31 December.
We have been unable to determine the position at
Oasis Bristol Hengrove Academy and Oasis Media City UK Salford
Academy (Both sponsored by Oasis), Pimlico Academy (sponsored
by Future) and Trent Valley Academy (sponsored by E-ACT).
Reasonable Endeavours and deferrals
Some contributions from sponsors are subject to "reasonable
endeavours" which requires something to be done - something
of substance and real by way of an effort to find and locate donations
and to donate (having regard to the then financial circumstances
of the donor) - but how extensive those attempts need to be will
depend on a variety of matters.
It should also be noted that Ministers have agreed
to defer some contributions, following representations by sponsors.
ACADEMY SPONSORSHIP (BASED ON A SURVEY OF
ACADEMIES IN NOVEMBER 2010)
CAPITAL BUILD
| Academy | Sponsor
| Total Pledge (£) | Contributions to date (£)
|
| Barnsley Academy | ULT
| 1,500,000 | 27,025 |
| Bede Academy | Original sponsor was Emmanuel Schools Foundation but is now ULT
| 1,500,000 | 210,000 |
| Bradford Cathedral Academy
| Diocese of Bradford |
500,000 | 500,000 |
| Brooke Weston Academy |
Brooke Weston CTC Trust |
468,055 | 468,055 |
| Capital City Academy, Brent
| Sir Frank Lowe | 2,000,000
| 2,000,000 |
| Chelsea Science Academy (The)
| London Diocesan Board / Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea
| 6,400,000 | 5,678,539 |
| City Academy Bristol |
John Laycock | 2,499,000
| 1,753,323 |
| Darwen Aldridge Academy
| The Aldridge Foundation
| 2,000,000 | 1,500,000 |
| David Young Academy |
Church of England | 1,500,000
| 1,500,000 |
| Greig City Academy |
Greig Trust | 2,000,000
| 2,000,000 |
| Harefield Academy | David Mellor
| 1,500,000 | 902,400 |
| Harris Academy Bermondsey
| Harris Federation of South London Schools Trust
| 1,500,000 | 493,212 |
| Harris Academy Crystal Palace
| Harris Federation of South London Schools Trust
| 1,000,000 | 0 |
| Harris Academy South Norwood
| Harris Federation of South London Schools Trust
| 2,000,000 | 250,000 |
| Harris Boys Academy East Dulwich
| Harris Federation of South London Schools Trust
| 1,000,000 | 0 |
| Harris Girls Academy East Dulwich
| Harris Federation of South London Schools Trust
| 500,000 | 0 |
| Harris Merton Academy |
Harris Federation of South London Schools Trust
| 500,000 | 0 |
| Hereford Steiner Academy
| Steiner School Fellowship
| 917,523 | 509,735 |
| JCB Academy | JCB
| 1,750,000 | 2,837,056 |
| John Cabot Academy |
John Cabot CTC | 378,065
| 377,000 |
| Kingshurst Academy |
Kingshurst CTC Company |
1,200,000 | 1,000,000 |
| London Academy, Barnet |
Peter Shalson | 1,500,000
| 1,500,000 |
| Madeley Academy | Thomas Telford School
| 2,100,000 | 2,100,000 |
| Mossbourne Academy |
Sir Clive Bourne | 2,150,000
| 2,150,000 |
| OASIS Academy Enfield | OASIS
| 2,000,000 | 308,000 |
| OASIS Academy Immingham | OASIS
| 2,000,000 | 0 |
| OASIS Academy Wintringham | OASIS
| 2,000,000 | 0 |
| Paddington Academy | ULT |
1,500,000 | 642,856 |
| Q3 Academy | Eric Payne |
2,000,000 | 2,000,000 |
| Salford Academy | ULT | 1,600,000
| 214,286 |
| Samworth Enterprise Academy | Samworth Brothers / Leicester Diocesan Board for Education / Leicester CC
| 2,443,000 | 2,059,000 |
| St Francis of Assisi Academy | Archdiocese of Liverpool
| 2,000,000 | 1,404,000 |
| St Mark's Academy, Merton | CfBT / Southwark Diocese
| 533,000 | 150,000 |
| St Mary Magdalene Academy | London Diocese Board for Schools
| 2,000,000 | 1,998,918 |
| St Paul's Academy, Greenwich | RC Diocese of Southwark
| 2,000,000 | 1,000,000 |
| Stockley Academy | Barry Townsley
| 1,500,000 | 1,500,000 |
| Stockport Academy | ULT |
1,500,000 | 201,648 |
| Swindon Academy | ULT | 1,500,000
| 900,000 |
| Unity Academy, Middlesbrough | Amey
| 2,000,000 | 2,000,000 |
| Walthamstow Academy | ULT |
1,500,000 | 27,025 |
| William Hulme Academy | ULT
| 950,000 | 0 |
| Wren Academy | London Diocesan Board for Schools
| 1,500,000 | 500,000 |
| Macmillan | Macmillan Academy Trust
| 1,250,000 | 550,000 |
| Hammersmith & Fulham | Mercers Company. Worshipful Company of Information Technologists
| 1,000,000 | 0 |
| Manchester | ULT | 2,000,000
| 2,000,000 |
| Lambeth | ULT | 2,000,000
| 2,000,000 |
| Northampton | ULT | 2,000,000
| 2,000,000 |
| Sheffield Springs | ULT |
1,500,000 | 1,500,000 |
| Sheffield Park | ULT | 1,000,000
| 1,000,000 |
| North Oxfordshire | ULT |
1,500,000 | 1,535,714 |
| Peckham | Harris Federation of South London Schools Trust
| 2,000,000 | 2,986,340 |
| The King's Academy | Emmanuel Schools Foundation
| 2,000,000 | 2,005,982 |
| Trinity, Doncaster | Emmanuel Schools Foundation
| 2,000,000 | 2,000,000 |
| Haberdashers' - Hatcham | Haberdashers Livery Company
| 704,500 | 704,500 |
| Haberdashers' - Knights | Haberdashers Livery Company
| 295,500 | 295,500 |
| Marlowe | Roger De Haan & Kent County Council
| 2,735,135 | 2,735,135 |
| Folkestone | Roger De Haan & Kings School Canterbury
| 2,250,000 | 2,250,000 |
| Walsall | Thomas Telford Online & The Mercers' Company
| 2,500,000 | 2,564,827 |
| Sandwell | Mercers Company. Thomas Telford Online. HSBC. West Bromwich Albion FC. Tarmac Group
| 2,793,794 | 2,793,936 |
| Grace, Solihull | Bob Edmiston
| 2,000,000 | 2,000,000 |
| Coventry Grace Academy | Bob Edmiston
| 2,000,000 | 2,180,000 |
| Burlington Danes | ARK |
1,500,000 | 1,500,000 |
| Lambeth 2 Evelyn Grace | ARK
| 2,500,000 | 2,500,000 |
| Southwark 4 Globe | ARK |
1,500,000 | 1,500,000 |
| Westminster King Solomon | ARK
| 1,500,000 | 1,500,000 |
| Bexley | Sir David Garrard |
2,410,000 | 2,462,000 |
| City of London Southwark | Corporation of London
| 2,000,000 | 2,000,000 |
| West London, Ealing | Alec Reed
| 2,000,000 | 2,000,000 |
| Dixons CTC | Dixons Academy Trust
| 651,000 | 983,352 |
| Westminster | Exilarch Foundation
| 1,500,000 | 1,500,000 |
| Thomas Deacon | Deacons Trust
| 2,000,000 | 2,006,184 |
| John Madejski, Reading | John Madejski
| 2,000,000 | 2,000,000 |
| The Bridge, Hackney | UBS |
2,317,796 | 2,351,458 |
| Petchey | Jack Petchey Foundation
| 2,000,000 | 2,000,000 |
| North Liverpool | Liverpool University & Granada Learning
| 1,000,000 | 1,000,000 |
| St Matthew Lewisham | Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Southwark
| 2,100,000 | 2,100,000 |
| Slough Langley | Martyn Arbib
| 2,033,000 | 2,033,000 |
| Leigh Technology | Leigh CTC
| 2,275,000 | 2,275,000 |
| Bristol - Withywood | The Society of Merchant Venturers
| 2,000,000 | 2,000,001 |
| Newcastle Excelsior | Lord Laidlaw of Rothiemay
| 2,000,000 | 2,593,491 |
| Corby City | Weston Foundation/BeeBee Development/Brooke Weston CTC
| 2,000,000 | 2,000,000 |
| Ashcroft Technology | Prospect Education (Technology) Trust Ltd
| 960,000 | 960,000 |
| Landau Forte College | Landau Forte College
| 460,000 | 462,455 |
| Liverpool Belvedere | Girls' Day School Trust & HSBC
| 1,101,663 | 1,101,663 |
| City of London KPMG Academy | Corporation of London. KPMG.
| 2,000,000 | 2,000,000 |
| Islington - COLA (I) | Corporation of London. City University.
| 2,000,000 | 2,000,000 |
| Sandwell - RSA | RSA | 1,000,000
| 1,000,000 |
| Djanogly | | 0
| 0 |
| Bacons | | 0
| 0 |
| Gateway (Thurrock) |
| 0 | 0 |
ENDOWMENT FUND
| Academy | Sponsor
| Total Pledge (£) | Pledge due to Date (£)
| Contributions to Date (£) |
| Abraham Darby Academy | The Haberdashers' Company / Borough of Telford & Wrekin
| 750,000 | 550,000 | 533,333
|
| Academy 360 | Gentoo Group |
2,250,000 | 2,250,000 | 2,250,000
|
| Accrington Academy | The Bowland Educational Trust / Other sponsors to be identified by ULT
| 1,500,000 | 0 | 0
|
| All Saints Academy | Diocese of St Albans
| 750,000 | 75,000 | 75,000
|
| Archbishop Sentamu Academy | Diocese of York
| 1,500,000 | 251,000 | 1,000
|
| Ark Academy, Brent | ARK |
1,500,000 | 0 | 0 |
| Barnfield South Academy | Barnfield College FE Corporation
| 2,000,000 | 450,000 | 450,000
|
| Barnfield West Academy | Barnfield College FE Corporation
| 2,000,000 | 450,000 | 450,000
|
| Bullwell Academy, Nottingham | Edge
| 2,000,000 | 2,000,000 | 2,000,000
|
| Castle View Enterprise Academy | Northumbrian Water and Sunderland City Council
| 1,350,000 | 1,350,000 | 1,350,000
|
| Charter | ARK | 500,000
| 500,000 | 500,000 |
| Colston Girl's Academy | Society of Merchant Venturers
| 1,000,000 | 1,000,000 | 1,050,000
|
| Droylsden Academy | Tameside College
| 2,000,000 | 1,333,333 | 666,666
|
| East Basildon Academy - Upper and Lower |
Martin Finegold | 409,835 | 0
| 0 |
| Essa Academy, Bolton | Essa Foundation / Bolton Council
| 1,225,000 | 500,000 | 500,000
|
| Fulwood Academy | Charles Dunstone Charitable Trust
| 2,000,000 | 500,000 | 500,000
|
| George Salter Collegiate Academy | Ormiston Trust
| 750,000 | 225,000 | 0
|
| Haberdashers' Crayford Academy | Haberdashers' Federation / Temple Grove Trust
| 2,000,000 | 2,000,000 | 2,000,000
|
| Havelock Academy | The David Ross Foundation
| 2,000,000 | 1,250,000 | 1,625,000
|
| Hereford Academy (The) | Hereford Diocesan Board of Education
| 1,500,000 | 1,500,000 | 1,500,000
|
| Isle of Sheppey Academy | Dulwich College (but sponsorship to be paid by De Haan Charitable Trust)
| 1,000,000 | 0 | 0
|
| Kettering Science Academy | Brooke Weston Trust
| 500,000 | 0 | 500,000
|
| Longfield Academy | Leigh Technology Academy Trust
| 1,000,000 | 625,000 | 0
|
| Marsh Academy | Kent CC / De Haan Charitable Trust
| 1,000,000 | 850,000 | 850,000
|
| Milton Keynes Academy | Edge
| 2,000,000 | 2,000,000 | 2,000,000
|
| New Charter Academy | New Charter Housing Trust
| 2,000,000 | 2,000,000 | 2,000,000
|
| New Line Learning Academy | Kent CC / Hewlett Packard
| 986,000 | 986,000 | 986,000
|
| Northumberland CE Academy | The Northumberland Estates / Newcastle Diocesan Education Board
| 1,500,000 | 500,000 | 500,000
|
| Nottingham Academy | Greenwood Dale Foundation Trust
| 500,000 | 500,000 | 500,000
|
| Nottingham University Samworth Academy |
Nottingham University / David Samworth | 2,000,000
| 1,100,000 | 1,100,000 |
| Open Academy | Graham Dacre / Bishop of Norwich
| 0 | 0 | 387,515
|
| Ormiston Bushfield Academy | Ormiston Trust
| 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ormiston Park Academy | Ormiston Trust
| 1,500,000 | 1,500,000 | 1,500,000
|
| Ormiston Sandwell Community Academy | Ormiston Trust
| 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oxford Academy | Diocese of Oxford / Oxford Brookes University / Adrian Beecroft
| 500,000 | not provided | 500,000
|
| Priory Federation of Academies | Priory Fundraising Trust
| 2,000,000 | 500,000 | 504,734
|
| Red House Academy | Sunderland CC
| 1,250,000 | 1,250,000 | 1,000,000
|
| Richard Rose Central Academy | Brian Scowcroft / Andrew Tinkler
| 2,000,000 | 600,000 | 274,158
|
| Richard Rose Morton Academy | Brian Scowcroft / Andrew Tinkler
| 2,000,000 | 600,000 | 274,158
|
| Samworth Church Academy, Nottingham | David Samworth / Diocese of Southwell & Nottingham
| 1,500,000 | 1,040,000 | 1,040,000
|
| Shelfield Academy, Walsall | Ormiston Trust
| 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shireland Collegiate Academy | Ormiston Trust
| 750,000 | 225,000 | 0
|
| Siruis Academy | Hull College
| 2,000,000 | 0 | 0
|
| Spires Academy | Gerry Pack / Michael Head
| 500,000 | 500,000 | 500,000
|
| St Aidan's CE Academy, Darlington | Diocesan Board of Education for Durham / David & Anne Crossland
| 1,500,000 | 700,000 | 0
|
| St Albans | ARK | 1,500,000
| 1,500,000 | 1,500,000 |
| St Anne's Academy, Rochdale | Diocesan Board of Education for Manchester / David & Anne Crossland
| 1,500,000 | 1,250,000 | 0
|
| St Catherine's Academy | Diocesan Board of Education for Manchester / David & Anne Crossland
| 1,500,000 | 1,500,000 | 0
|
| St Lawrence Academy | Diocese of Lincoln
| 750,000 | 510,000 | 510,000
|
| St Michael & All Angels Academy | Southwark Diocesan Board of Education
| 2,000,000 | 500,000 | 500,000
|
| Strood Academy | Medway Council
| 500,000 | 500,000 | 500,000
|
| University Chester C of E Academy | Cheshire West and Cheshire Council
| 100,000 | 100,000 | 100,000
|
| Walworth | ARK | 1,500,000
| 0 | 1,000,000 |
| Wellington Academy | Wellington College
| 2,000,000 | 1,100,000 | 1,100,000
|
| West Lakes Academy | British Nuclear Fuels plc
| 2,000,000 | 2,000,000 | 2,000,000
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Question 148-151 (Richard Bacon): The role of DfE Employees,
broken down by category of function and the number of people within
each function
Government has set out a clear commitment to improved transparency
about how it spends public money and this includes details of
the size and shape of public bodies and about the remuneration
it provides to senior public and civil servants.
Whereas most Departments reflected their staffing position as
of the 30 June 2010, the Department for Education published
reflecting the position at 30 September. This ensured the public
were able to see how the Department had restructured to ensure
its resources were aligned to the political priorities of the
Secretary of State, particularly relating to higher standards
and structural reform.
This will not be a one-off exercise, as each Department is required
to publish this information on a six monthly basis with the next
iteration due in the New Year.
December 2010
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