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The objects of the charity included covering the costs of pensions for retired staff of the former AEC and to promote the education of persons under the age of 25. [...] If a maintained school refuses to admit a pupil under the FAP then the LA can force them to do so, but if an academy refuses then the LA has to apply to the DfE for a ‘direction’ to admit them – demonstrating again why more clarity over the role of LAs is critical to the functioning of the overall system. [...] For example, if a maintained school refuses to admit a pupil under the FAP, the LA has the power to direct them to admit the pupil, yet if an academy or free school refuses to admit a pupil then the LA has to apply to the Education and Skills 26 Funding Agency (ESFA) for a ‘direction’ to admit them.128 In general the number of issued ‘directions’ has remained small as many LAs report having “good. [...] Transparency Aside from the structures that have been created within the state education system, the increase in the number of academies in England has raised a further set of issues related to how decisions are made about the operations and oversight of schools and trusts, and who is allowed to be part of the decision-making process. [...] The NFF was first introduced for the 2018 to 2019 academic year.249 It takes into consideration a variety of factors such as the number of pupils in a school and how its location may affect the school’s running costs.250 At present, the money that the NFF assigns to all schools in an LA is given to the LA in question.251 Once LAs have received the total sum of funds assigned by the NFF to all the.