A Nottinghamshire school will join an academy after the Government confirmed its transfer. Brierley Forest Primary and Nursery School, on the Carsic Estate in Sutton-in-Ashfield, will become part of the Transform Trust from Saturday, October 1.
The Department for Education confirmed a funding package for the school on Wednesday, September 28. In a letter addressed to Ashfield MP Lee Anderson, Education Secretary Kit Malthouse said: "I have agreed to enter into a funding agreement to allow Brierley Forest Primary and Nursery School … to become a sponsored academy with Transform Trust.
"The date of conversion will be October 1, 2022, and I am writing to the local authority to cease maintaining the school from that date. As you know, academies form an integral part of the Government’s education policy to raise attainment for all children and to bring about sustained improvements to all schools.
