§ Mr. ChaytorTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills for each school which was a city technology college or city college for the technology of the arts on 1 September 2002, whether(a) he has agreed under section 68 of the Education Act 2002 that the institution shall be known as an academy, (b) an application has been made to him that the school be known as an academy and (c) no application has been made to him for the school to be known as an academy; and in the case of (a), when the decision takes effect. [131226]
§ Mr. MilibandSection 68 of the Education Act 2002 allows a city technology college (CTC) or city college for the Technology of the Arts (CCTA) to convert into an academy, where the governors agree that the college should take on the characteristics of an academy. To date one CTC, Djanogly in Nottingham, has converted into an academy with effect from August 2003. The Department has also received an expression of interest from Haberdashers CTC in Lewisham to convert into an academy with effect from September 2005. Other CTCs are involved in the academies nine programmes as sponsors or in federation with academies, but have not formally expressed an interest in conversion.