There are 26 academies open where construction work has been completed. The cost of each is detailed in the following table. These figures presented are as at March 2007 and are subject to change as final accounts have yet to be agreed.
Academy Cost (£ millionrounded to nearest half million) 1 Bexley Business Academy1 38.5 2 Walsall City Academy 17.5 3 Greig City Academy, Haringey 16.5 4 Capital City Academy, Brent 27.0 5 Lambeth Academy 25.5 6 King's Academy, Middlesbrough 22.5 7 Unity City Academy, Middlesbrough 22.0 8 The West London Academy, Baling 31.0 9 Stockley Academy, Hillingdon 28.0 10 Djanogly City Academy, Nottingham 23.5 11 The Academy at Peckham, Southwalk 30.0 12 Bristol City Academy 27.5 13 Manchester Academy 20.0 14 Mossbourne Community Academy, Hackney 28.5 15 The Academy of St Francis of Assisi, Liverpool 21.0 16 Northampton Academy 27.5 17 City of London Academy, Southwark 33.5 18 Trinity Academy, Doncaster 25.0 19 Marlowe Academy, Kent 28.0 20 London Academy, Barnet 31.5 21 Sandwell Academy 27.0 22 Grace Academy, Solihull 31.5 23 Salford City Academy 16.5 24 David Young Community Academy, Leeds 23.5 25 Dixons City Academy, Bradford2 6.5 26 Haberdashers’ Aske’s Hatcham Academy, Lewisham2 7.0 1 The Business Academy, Bexley is an “all through” academy catering for pupils from age three to 19. This cost includes the cost of both the primary school and secondary school. 2 Dixons and Haberdashers’ Aske’s Hatcham are both conversions from city technology colleges.
The composition of each academy governing body is described in its memorandum and articles. However, as the academy trust is able to co-opt additional members, the precise composition of each governing body at any point in time is not known by the Department, and we are unable to say how many local authority governors there are, or what proportion they represent of academy governing bodies.
While the size and precise composition of an academy governing body is not prescribed by the Department, like other state-funded schools, academies have stakeholder governors. Departmental policy is that each academy should have a local authority appointed governor and a parent governor. Academy governing bodies may also include the Academy principal (as an ex-officio member), a teacher governor (either elected or appointed); a staff governor (either elected or appointed), and may include community representatives.