Transparency and freedom of information releases

Lists of local authorities seeking academy and free school proposers, and of all academies and free schools already set up.

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 20 May 2024

List of local authorities who applied to open a special free school in waves 3 and 4, and those who were successful.

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 16 May 2024

• Local authority applications to open a special free school: waves 3 and 4

  If a local authority appears more than once, this indicates that they have…

Details of successful applications for free schools and university technical colleges (UTCs) in the pre-opening stage.

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 15 May 2024

A list of partnership applications submitted in the 2022 alternative provision (AP) free schools wave, and those that were successful.

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 6 March 2024

How we assess the need for a new mainstream school in a local area when we receive applications to open new free schools.

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 15 December 2023

Details of applications for a free school in the wave 15 application round.

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 22 August 2023

Analysis of the effect that free schools, studio schools and university technical colleges (UTCs) would have on the local area.

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 11 February 2020

Revenue spending by the Department for Education on free schools, studio schools and university technical colleges (UTCs) that opened, or were cancelled or withdrawn since 2010.

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 4 February 2020

Details of applications for a free school in the wave 14 application round.

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 4 February 2020

Letters the Department for Education sent to successful free school applicants in the 13th round (wave 13) of the free schools programme.

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 4 February 2020

Successful wave 13 free school applications.

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 4 February 2020

Letters from the Department of Education sent to successful local authorities following 2018 bids.

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 4 February 2020

Successful expressions of interest from local authorities in 2018.

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 4 February 2020

Details of applications for a free school in the wave 13 application round.

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 4 February 2019

Revenue spending by the Department for Education on university technical colleges that opened, or were cancelled or withdrawn since 2010.

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 31 January 2019

School census information for October 2018, showing the number and proportion of pupils in academies and free schools.

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 23 January 2019

List of local authorities that submitted a bid to open an alternative provision or special free school in 2018.

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 21 November 2018

Successful wave 12 free school applications.

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 1 November 2018

Letters the Department for Education sent to successful free school applicants in the eleventh round (wave 11) of the free schools programme.

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 1 November 2018

Successful wave 11 free school applications.

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 1 November 2018