A team of solicitors from Howes Percival's Northampton
office have assisted Northampton School for Boys in their
conversion to academy status.
NSB have become one of only 32 schools in the country to have been
granted academy status in the first wave of conversions.
Chris Houghton, partner from Howes Percival commented: "this
was an extremely challenging piece of work. The final draft of the
Academies Act was only passed in late July, and so proper guidance
and documentation was only available extremely late in the day. We
had to work extremely quickly alongside Mike Griffiths and deputy
head Oliver Harris at NSB to ensure that everything had been
correctly completed by the deadline. We were delighted that the
conversion took place relatively smoothly, and in such a tight
timescale". Mike Griffiths, headmaster of NSB: "
Chris' team at Howes Percival had to respond quickly and
efficiently to meet the deadlines set out by the Department for
Education for completing the submission. They did so, meaning we
start the new academic year in control of our own funding and able
to make the right decisions for NSB".
Chris Houghton who heads the Education Team at Howes Percival
added: "NSB is a much loved and respected Northampton
institution that we have worked with for a number of years. We were
proud to help its transition to academy status which will provide
the means for it to thrive and improve in the future. We are
working with a number of other schools who appreciate our unique
understanding of and commitment to this sector".
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