Fact. Academies are free, state-funded schools which are run by charitable trusts. They cannot be run for profit. ... The school system is not being privatised - instead heads and teachers are being given greater freedom to run their schools.

Are academies public or private sector?

Academies are schools run by charitable trusts via a contract with the government. We call these charities 'academy trusts'. The trusts are private, in that the state does not own them, but they cannot run schools for profit.

What sector is an academy school?

The terms of the arrangements are set out in individual Academy Funding Agreements. Most academies are secondary school. However, slightly more than 25% of primary schools (4,363 as of December 2017), as well, as some of the remaining first and middle schools, are also academies.