Academy transfers and funding
Financial year 2020-21

Description

This publication provides a high-level national summary of the number of academies that have moved trusts from the financial year 2013-14 to 2020-21 and the total grant funding provided. All figures are drawn from the Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) Management Information and Regional Delivery Directorate (RDD) Management Information.

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Coverage

The data covers England only. Statistics in the tables“Academy Transfers and Funding 2013-14 to 2020-21” and“Total Academy Transfers and Funding Since 2013-14” are given at national level.  Statistics in the ancillary table“Academies that have moved trust and grant funding provided” are given at school level.

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File formats and conventions

The tables“Academy Transfers and Funding 2013-14 to 2020-21” and“Total Academy Transfers and Funding Since 2013-14” are .csv format.

The table“Academies that have moved trust and grant funding provided” is .xlsx format.

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Data files

Academy Transfers and Funding 2013-14 to 2020-21

Filename: academy_transfers_and_fundingb.csv
Geographic levels: National
Time period: 2013-14 to 2020-21
Content summary: This file contains the number of academies that have moved trusts from the financial year 2013 -14 2014 to 2020-21 and the total grant funding provided. It also compares the reason that academies move trust from the financial year 2016-17 to 2020-21.

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name                                                |  Variable description
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funding_given                                                |  Number of academies where grant funding was provided
grant_funding_201314                                         |  Grant funding provided in 2013-14
grant_funding_201415                                         |  Grant funding provided in 2014-15
grant_funding_201516                                         |  Grant funding provided in 2015-16
grant_funding_201617                                         |  Grant funding provided in 2016-17
grant_funding_201718                                         |  Grant funding provided in 2017-18
grant_funding_201819                                         |  Grant funding provided in 2018-19
grant_funding_201820                                         |  Grant funding provided in 2019-20
grant_funding_202021                                         |  Grant funding provided in 2020-21
no_funding                                                   |  Number of academies where no grant funding was provided
number_of_academies_england                                  |  Number of academies in England as at 31 March
percentage_of_academies_where_grant_funding_was_provided     |  Percentage of academies where grant funding was provided
percentage_of_academies_where_no_grant_funding_was_provided  |  Percentage of academies where no grant funding was provided
percentage_of_the_total_number_of_academies                  |  Percentage of academies that moved trust in England
total_grant_funding                                          |  Total grant funding provided
total_number_of_academies_that_have_moved_trust              |  Total number of academies that have moved trust
total_transfers                                              |  Total transfers
transfer_closure                                             |  Transfer due to sponsor or trust closure
transfer_initiated_by_tust                                   |  Transfer initiated by trust
transfer_intervention                                        |  Transfer due to intervention
transfers_since_201314                                       |  Total number of academies that have moved trust since 2013-14

Footnotes:

1. Due to differences in the way data was recorded in legacy systems compared to the current system, the grant funding for financial years 2013-14 to 2015-16 are not comparable with the grant funding in financial years 2016-17 to 2020-21. More information is available in the technical information section.
2. The 2018-19 and 2019-20 figures for the total amount of grant funding provided have been revised from the previous publication. This is because funding has been paid during the financial year 2020-21 to trusts for some of the transfer cases.
3. We define financial year as the period 1 April to 31 March the following year.
4. The 2019-20 figures for the number of academies with grant funding provided have been revised from the previous publication. This is because funding has been paid during the financial year 2020-21 to trusts for some of the transfer cases.
5. Funding figures are calculated using figures that have been rounded to nearest £100. There may be discrepancies between the sum of constituent items and totals as shown. Due to differences in the way data was recorded in legacy systems compared to the current system, the grant funding for financial years 2013-14 to 2015- 16 are not comparable with the grant funding in financial years 2016-17 to 2019-20. More information is available in the technical information section.


Total Academy Transfers and Funding Since 2013-14

Filename: academy_transfers_and_funding_total_202021.csv
Geographic levels: National
Time period: 2020-21
Content summary: This file contains the total number of academies that have moved trusts from the financial year 2013 -14 2014 to 2020-21 and the total grant funding provided for this period.

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name                                    |  Variable description
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funding_given                                    |  Funding Given
grant_funding_201314                             |  Grant funding provided in 2013-14
grant_funding_201415                             |  Grant funding provided in 2014-15
grant_funding_201516                             |  Grant funding provided in 2015-16
grant_funding_201617                             |  Grant funding provided in 2016-17
grant_funding_201718                             |  Grant funding provided in 2017-18
grant_funding_201819                             |  Grant funding provided in 2018-19
grant_funding_201820                             |  Grant funding provided in 2019-20
grant_funding_202021                             |  Grant funding provided in 2020-21
no_funding                                       |  No Funding
percentage_funding_given                         |  Percentage of academies where grant funding was provided
total_grant_funding                              |  Total grant funding provided
total_number_of_academies_that_have_moved_trust  |  Total number of academies that have moved trust
total_transfers                                  |  Total transfers since 2017-18
transfer_closure                                 |  Transfer due to sponsor or trust closure since 2017-18
transfer_initiated_by_tust                       |  Transfer initiated by trust since 2017-18
transfer_intervention                            |  Transfer due to intervention since 2017-18

Footnotes:

1. The total grant provided in 2019-20 has been revised from the previous publication. This is because grant funding from this financial year was provided for transfer cases which completed during the financial year 2020-21.
2. We define financial year as the period 1 April to 31 March the following year.
