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Education Secretary announces new wave of free schools, including 2 with Ian Livingstone.
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18 new free schools have been announced today in the first wave of free schools for this Parliament, providing 9,000 new school places.
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The Department for Education has updated guidance on the free school application process for groups wishing to open from September 2016.
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The deadline for applications to establish a university technical college (UTC) is 29 January 2016.
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Education Secretary opens the latest window of free school applications.
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Latest wave of free school approvals announced.
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Lord Nash announces a new university technical college for Gloucestershire
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Lord Nash announces a new university technical college for Guildford.
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New schools announced alongside a survey of free school headteachers.
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Free school applications break record and number of sponsored academies tops 1,000 since 2010.
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Figures reveal the extent of reforms designed to improve quality of schools.
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Schools Commissioner encourages Derbyshire’s best-performing schools to become academies to help raise standards.
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The Education Secretary has approved 38 new free schools, which will create 22,000 school places across England and drive up standards.
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The Schools Commissioner asks Essex schools to consider converting to academy status to raise standards.
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How Outwood Academy Portland has taken advantage of academy freedoms and used extra-curricular activities to improve pupils' attainment.
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New Schools Network will provide pre-application support to those hoping to open free schools.
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Six new university technical colleges and 5 new studio schools also approved.
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Education and Childcare Minister Elizabeth Truss’s statement in response to the National Audit Office (NAO) report on establishing free schools.
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Minister issues call for more academy sponsors to come forward to raise standards in education in Yorkshire and the Humber.
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Prime Minister David Cameron and Education Secretary Michael Gove announce the opening of 93 new free schools.
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