Be it enacted by the King’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—
The Academies Act 2010 is amended as follows.
In section 2 (payments under Academy agreements), after subsection (2) insert—
In section 9 (impact: new and expanded educational institutions), in subsection (1), after paragraph (b) (and on a new line) insert—
In section 10 (consultation: new and expanded educational institutions)—
after subsection (2) insert— ;
in subsection (3), for “The consultation” substitute “A consultation under this section”.
This Act extends to England and Wales.
This Act comes into force at the end of the period of two months beginning with the day on which it is passed.
This Act may be cited as the Secure 16 to 19 Academies Act 2026.