Schools do not have to apply to the Department for Children, School and Families to become a trust or foundation school. A change of school category to foundation and the acquisition of a trust are “prescribed alterations”. To make such a prescribed alteration the governing body must publish proposals in accordance with provisions in the Education and Inspections Act 2006, regulations made under that Act and having regard to guidance issued by the Secretary of State under that Act. The proposals are then decided by the governing body (or the Schools Adjudicator where proposals to acquire a trust have been referred by the local authority). There is no role for Ministers in the decision-making process.
A list of schools that have published and approved proposals to change category to foundation and schools that have published and approved proposals to become trust schools since the date specified has been lodged with the House of Commons Library.
Local authority School Publication date Decision date Proposed implementation date Decision type Barnet Hollickwood Primary School 3 January 2007 18 April 2007 1 September 2007 Approved with modification Bath and North East Somerset Norton Hill School 23 April 2007 24 May 2007 1 September 2007 Approved Bexley Erith School 27 February 2007 18 April 2007 4 June 2007 Approved with modification Brent Sudbury Primary School 11 January 2007 15 February 2007 1 April 2007 Approved Bromley Cator Park School 21 May 2007 20 June 2007 3 September 2007 Approved Cheshire The Whitby High School 30 October 2006 27 November 2006 1 January 2007 Approved Cheshire Tarporley Community High School 8 November 2007 — 14 January 2008 Awaiting decision Cornwall Callington Community College 10 January 2007 13 February 2007 1 April 2007 Approved Cumbria Morton School 15 September 2006 17 October 2006 18 October 2006 Approved Gloucestershire Barnwood Park Arts College1 31 October 2006 17 January 2007 1 January 2007 Withdrawn Gloucestershire Barnwood Park Arts College 17 January 2007 15 January 2007 1 March 2007 Approved Hampshire Cowplain Community School 16 November 2007 — 9 January 2008 Awaiting decision Haringey Fortismere School 18 June 2007 19 July 2007 1 September 2007 Approved Hartlepool Manor College of Technology 26 February 2007 26 March 2007 16 April 2007 Approved Hertfordshire Sunny Bank Primary School 16 October 2006 22 November 2006 23 November 2006 Approved Isle of Wight Sandown High School 10 August 2007 17 September 2007 1 September 2008 Approved with modification Kingston upon Thames Tolworth Girls' School and Centre for Continuing Education 17 November 2006 31 January 2007 15 April 2007 Approved with modification Lambeth Wyvil Primary School 13 February 2007 26 June 2007 1 September 2007 Approved Lincolnshire Boston High School 9 May 2007 14 June 2007 31 August 2007 Approved Lincolnshire Cherry Willingham Community School 4 October 2007 — 5 April 2008 Awaiting decision Milton Keynes Walton High 12 October 2006 13 November 2006 1 January 2007 Approved Milton Keynes Eaton Mill Primary School 10 October 2007 — 7 January 2008 Awaiting decision North Somerset Churchill Community Foundation School and Sixth Form Centre 23 March 2007 18 October 2007 1 November 2007 Approved with modification North Somerset Gordano School 23 May 2007 30 August 2007 1 November 2007 Approved with modification Northamptonshire The Latimer Arts College 2 March 2007 17 May 2007 1 September 2007 Approved Northamptonshire Sponne School Technology College 26 June 2007 17 September 2007 1 October 2007 Approved Northamptonshire Nicholas Hawksmoor Primary School 14 September 2007 30 October 2007 1 January 2008 Approved Nottinghamshire Chilwell School 11 September 2006 5 March 2007 1 September 2007 Approved with modification Nottinghamshire Redhill School 6 November 2006 4 December 2006 2 January 2007 Approved Nottinghamshire Carlton le Willows School and Technology College 26 February 2007 7 June 2007 1 September 2007 Approved with modification Oldham North Chadderton Community School and Sixth Form Centre 5 November 2007 — 1 January 2008 Awaiting decision Oxfordshire King Alfred's Community and Sports College 28 September 2006 6 November 2006 1 January 2007 Approved Oxfordshire Banbury School 1 March 2007 26 April 2007 1 September 2007 Approved Oxfordshire The Warriner School 16 November 2007 — 1 February 2008 Awaiting decision Reading Highdown School and Sixth Form Centre 8 June 2007 6 March 2007 1 September 2007 Approved with modification Redcar and Cleveland Eston Park School 26 March 2007 28 June 2007 1 January 2008 Approved Sandwell Shireland Language College and Sixth Form Centre 12 September 2006 11 October 2006 12 October 2006 Approved Sheffield Abbeydale Grange Specialist Media Arts School 19 January 2007 6 March 2007 1 August 2007 Approved with modification Somerset Ansford Community School 8 September 2006 12 October 2006 1 April 2007 Approved Southampton Bellemoor School 13 September 2007 18 October 2008 3 January 2008 Approved Staffordshire Violet Lane Infant School 11 September 2006 9 October 2006 1 January 2007 Approved Stoke-on-Trent Haywood High School and Engineering College 16 April 2007 23 May 2007 1 September 2007 Approved Surrey Weydon School 5 October 2007 — 1 January 2008 Awaiting decision Trafford Sale Grammar School 1 November 2007 — 1 January 2008 Awaiting decision Trafford Stretford Grammar School 9 November 2007 — 7 January 2008 Awaiting decision Worcestershire Haybridge High School and Sixth Form 19 October 2006 30 November 2006 1 January 2007 Approved 1 Withdrawn. Note: This list does not include those schools which have published proposals to become foundation schools with foundations—these foundation schools are shown as trust schools in subsequent tables.
Local authority School Publication date Decision date Implementation date Decision type Barnet Hollickwood Primary School 3 January 2007 18 April 2007 1 September 2007 Approved with modification Bath and North East Somerset Norton Hill School 23 April 2007 24 May 2007 1 September 2007 Approved Bexley Erith School 27 February 2007 18 April 2007 4 June 2007 Approved with modification Brent Sudbury Primary School 11 January 2007 15 February 2007 1 April 2007 Approved Bromley Cator Park School 21 May 2007 20 June 2007 3 September 2007 Approved Cheshire The Whitby High School 30 October 2006 27 November 2006 1 January 2007 Approved Cornwall Callington Community College 10 January 2007 13 February 2007 1 April 2007 Approved Cumbria Morton School 15 September 2006 17 October 2006 18 October 2006 Approved Gloucestershire Barnwood Park Arts College 17 January 2007 15 January 2007 1 March 2007 Approved Haringey Fortismere School 18 June 2007 19 July 2007 1 September 2007 Approved Hartlepool Manor College of Technology 26 February 2007 26 March 2007 16 April 2007 Approved Hertfordshire Sunny Bank Primary School 16 October 2006 22 November 2006 23 November 2006 Approved Isle of Wight Sandown High School 10 August 2007 17 September 2007 1 September 2008 Approved with modification Kingston upon Thames Tolworth Girls' School and Centre for Continuing Education 17 November 2006 31 January 2007 15 April 2007 Approved with modification Lambeth Wyvil Primary School 13 February 2007 26 June 2007 1 September 2007 Approved Lincolnshire Boston High School 9 May 2007 14 June 2007 31 August 2007 Approved Milton Keynes Walton High 12 October 2006 13 November 2006 1 January 2007 Approved North Somerset Churchill Community Foundation School and Sixth Form Centre 23 March 2007 18 October 2007 1 November 2007 Approved with modification North Somerset Gordano School 23 May 2007 30 August 2007 1 November 2007 Approved with modification Northamptonshire The Latimer Arts College 2 March 2007 17 May 2007 1 September 2007 Approved Northamptonshire Sponne School Technology College 26 June 2007 17 September 2007 1 October 2007 Approved Northamptonshire Nicholas Hawksmoor Primary School 14 September 2007 30 October 2007 1 January 2008 Approved Nottinghamshire Redhill School 6 November 2006 4 December 2006 2 January 2007 Approved Nottinghamshire Chilwell School 11 September 2006 5 March 2007 1 September 2007 Approved with modification Nottinghamshire Carlton le Willows School and Technology College 26 February 2007 7 June 2007 1 September 2007 Approved with modification Oxfordshire King Alfred's Community and Sports College 28 September 2006 6 November 2006 1 January 2007 Approved Oxfordshire Banbury School 1 March 2007 26 April 2007 1 September 2007 Approved Reading Highdown School and Sixth Form Centre 8 June 2007 6 March 2007 1 September 2007 Approved with modification Redcar and Cleveland Eston Park School 26 March 2007 28 June 2007 1 January 2008 Approved Sandwell Shireland Language College and Sixth Form Centre 12 September 2006 11 October 2006 12 October 2006 Approved Sheffield Abbeydale Grange Specialist Media Arts School 19 January 2007 6 March 2007 1 August 2007 Approved with modification Somerset Ansford Community School 8 September 2006 12 October 2006 1 April 2007 Approved Southampton Bellemoor School 13 September 2007 18 October 2008 3 January 2008 Approved Staffordshire Violet Lane Infant School 11 September 2006 9 October 2006 1 January 2007 Approved Stoke-on-Trent Haywood High School and Engineering College 16 April 2007 23 May 2007 1 September 2007 Approved Worcestershire Haybridge High School and Sixth Form 19 October 2006 30 November 2006 1 January 2007 Approved Note: This list does not include those schools which have approved proposals to become foundation schools with foundations—these foundation schools are shown as trust schools in subsequent tables.
Local authority School Publication date Decision date Proposed implementation date Decision type Bedfordshire Sharnbrook John Gibbard Community Lower School 10 June 2007 12 July 2007 1 September 2007 Approved Bedfordshire Pinchmill Lower School 10 June 2007 18 July 2007 1 September 2007 Approved Bedfordshire Lincroft Middle School 10 June 2007 14 June 2007 1 September 2007 Approved Bedfordshire Margaret Beaufort Middle School 10 June 2007 16 July 2007 1 September 2007 Approved Bedfordshire Sharnbrook Upper School 10 June 2007 10 July 2007 1 September 2007 Approved Bedfordshire Harrold Priory Middle School 10 June 2007 28 August 2007 1 September 2007 Approved Bedfordshire Turvey Lower School 10 June 2007 24 July 2007 1 September 2007 Approved Devon South Dartmoor Community College 5 June 2007 11 July 2007 1 September 2007 Approved Devon Tavistock College1 7 June 2007 17 July 2007 1 September 2007 Withdrawn Dudley The Earls High School 5 June 2007 9 July 2007 1 September 2007 Approved Dudley Leasowes Community College 5 June 2007 11 August 2007 1 September 2007 Approved Dudley Windsor High School 5 June 2007 11 July 2007 1 September 2007 Approved Durham The Hermitage School 11 June 2007 18 July 2007 1 September 2007 Approved Leeds Garforth Community College 5 June 2007 10 July 2007 1 September 2007 Approved Leeds East Garforth Primary School 5 June 2007 3 July 2007 1 September 2007 Approved Leeds Garforth Green Lane Primary School 5 June 2007 9 July 2007 1 September 2007 Approved Leeds Ninelands Primary School 5 June 2007 3 July 2007 1 September 2007 Approved Leeds Strawberry Fields Primary School 7 June 2007 10 July 2007 1 September 2007 Approved Leicestershire Belvoir High School and Community Centre 1 November 2007 — 1 February 2008 Awaiting decision Lincolnshire The Central Technology and Sports College 25 October 2007 — 1 January 2008 Awaiting decision Lincolnshire Market Rasen De Aston School 18 June 2007 17 July 2007 1 January 2008 Approved North Tyneside Monkseaton Community High School 4 June 2007 16 July 2007 20 August 2007 Approved Northamptonshire The Ferrers Specialist Arts College 4 June 2007 2 July 2007 3 September 2007 Approved Northumberland Ashington Hirst Park Middle School 11 June 2007 12 July 2007 1 September 2007 Approved Northumberland Ashington Central First School 11 June 2007 12 July 2007 1 September 2007 Approved Northumberland Bothal Middle School 11 June 2007 12 July 2007 1 September 2007 Approved Northumberland Ashington Community High School Sports College 11 June 2007 12 July 2007 1 September 2007 Approved Northumberland Ashington Wansbeck First School 11 June 2007 12 July 2007 1 September 2007 Approved Oxfordshire Banbury School 16 July 2007 20 September 2007 1 January 2008 Approved Plymouth, City of Widewell Primary School 4 June 2007 9 July 2007 1 September 2007 Approved Somerset The Blue School 14 December 2006 30 January 2007 1 April 2007 Approved Stockport Reddish Vale Technology College 12 November 2007 — 7 February 2008 Awaiting decision Wakefield Horbury School—A Specialist! Language College 14 September 2007 — 1 January 2008 Awaiting decision Worcestershire Kingsley College 25 May 2007 17 July 2007 1 September 2007 Approved Worcestershire Woodrush Community High School 4 June 2007 11 July 2007 3 September 2007 Approved 1 Withdrawn.