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Regional schools commissioners to oversee academies

How major decisions affecting academies will be dealt with from autumn 2014.

• From: Department for Education
• Published: 23 December 2013

This was published under the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

From September 2014, 8 regional schools commissioners will be responsible for taking important decisions about the academies in their area. The commissioners will make decisions on applications from schools wanting to become academies and organisations wanting to sponsor an academy.

They will also be responsible for taking action when an academy is underperforming.

The commissioners will not be involved with academies that are performing well or with local authority-maintained schools.

Each commissioner will be supported by a board of 5 or 6 outstanding academy headteachers, who will be elected by other academy headteachers in the region.

Published 23 December 2013