the history of the school, including details of any change of category, and/or any particular land arrangements that were made when it was set up, and the current arrangements by which land is held for the purposes of the school (see paragraph 4). The Governing Body (GB) and any trusts of the existing school and the Academy Trust (AT) must be clear about what land is intended to be used for the new Academy and, wherever possible, have confirmed that the relevant local authority agrees with their assessment. Title deeds, copies of land registry entries and plans/maps are all useful source documents. The land questionnaires (further details below) should then be completed in accordance with that view. Set out below are the basic land arrangements which usually apply for different types of maintained schools. There are also flowcharts available via the website to assist with determining the history and Department’s school’s possible land issues. Later sections of this advice deal with each of these categories in further detail and explain how land should be treated when the school converts to Academy status: Category History How is land currently now held Community Not usually a factor Almost always by local authority Foundation Foundation schools which Almost always by without have been in existence for governing body (if not, foundation some time are likely to have refer to Policy Lead) been a grant-maintained (GM) Note: publicly funded school prior to 1998, and a land will have county school (similar to a transferred automatically community school) before that. to the governing body If the school was previously through operation of law GM, land will have also been when the school held by the governing body became a foundation then school even if the – authority have not formally completed the necessary paperwork (form TR1). Usually no private land (if there may be, refer to Policy Lead). Foundation Is likely to have been a Land will usually be held with community, VC or VA and/or by foundation or foundation GM school in the past. trustees. (some of Note that it is possible for a
the history of the school, including details of any change of category, and/or any particular land arrangements that were made when it was set up, and the current arrangements by which land is held for the purposes of the school (see paragraph 4). The Governing Body (GB) and any trusts of the existing school and the Academy Trust (AT) must be clear about what land is intended to be used for the new Academy and, wherever possible, have confirmed that the relevant local authority agrees with their assessment. Title deeds, copies of land registry entries and plans/maps are all useful source documents. The land questionnaires (further details below) should then be completed in accordance with that view. Set out below are the basic land arrangements which usually apply for different types of maintained schools. There are also flowcharts available via the Department’s website to assist with determining the school’s history and possible land issues. Later sections of this advice deal with each of these categories in further detail and explain how land should be treated when the school converts to Academy status: Category now History How is land currently held Community Not usually a factor Almost always by local authority Foundation without foundation Foundation schools which have been in existence for some time are likely to have been a grant-maintained (GM) school prior to 1998, and a county school (similar to a community school) before that. If the school was previously GM, land will have also been held by the governing body then Almost always by governing body (if not, refer to Policy Lead) Note: publicly funded land will have transferred automatically to the governing body through operation of law when the school became a foundation school – even if the authority have not formally completed the necessary paperwork (form TR1). Usually no private land (if there may be, refer to Policy Lead). Foundation with foundation (some of Is likely to have been a community, VC or VA and/or GM school in the past. Note that it is possible for a Land will usually be held by foundation or trustees.