Stage 1
- Meeting with DCAT following approach from school
- Presentation to Governing Board
- DCAT Trustees notified
- Initial due diliegnce completed
- Governing Board pass a formal expression of interest
Stage 2
- DCAT completes due diligence on buildings, finance and standards
- Governing Board undertake pre-decision consultation with stakeholders
- Governing Board pass a motion to become an academy
- DCAT Trustees consider due dilgence report and make a decision
- Diocesean Board of Education consent for academy order
- Application and consent letter sent to DfE
Stage 3
- Application considered by Regional Schools Commisioner and Headteacher Board
- DCAT appoints project managers and lawyers
- Academy order issued and conversion grant paid to DCAT
Stage 4
- Meeting with Local Authority to plan conversion
- Legal transfers and processes initiated
- Statutory consultation and information sharing with stakeholders
- TUPE consultaton and process for staff
Stage 5
- Academy opens
- Local Governing Board appointed