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We can help guide you through the conversion process from Registration to opening as an Academy.
We have lawyers ready to assist you experienced in:
- Corporate Law
- Charity Law
- Property Law
- Employment Law
- Contract Law
What are some of the key issues you need to consider?
- Transferring the operation of the school from local authority control to an Academy Trust – the Trust will need to acquire the assets and records of the existing school and obtain the benefit of any necessary contracts BEFORE conversion
- With the transfer of assets also comes the transfer of rights and liabilities
- Governors become Directors – what are the Directors' duties and responsibilities?
- School staff will need to transfer under TUPE to the Academy Trust – what is involved?
- Is the school land freehold or leasehold?What interest is to be transferred to the Academy Trust? Are different parts of the campus owned by different bodies? Are there easements, public rights, restrictive covenants to take account of?
