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Details of successful applications for free schools and university technical colleges (UTCs) in the pre-opening stage.
Lists of local authorities seeking academy and free school proposers, and of all academies and free schools already set up.
List of local authorities who applied to open a special free school in waves 3 and 4, and those who were successful.
If a local authority appears more than once, this indicates that they have…
A list of partnership applications submitted in the 2022 alternative provision (AP) free schools wave, and those that were successful.
How we assess the need for a new mainstream school in a local area when we receive applications to open new free schools.
Details of applications for a free school in the wave 15 application round.
Analysis of the effect that free schools, studio schools and university technical colleges (UTCs) would have on the local area.
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Education on free schools, studio schools and university technical colleges (UTCs) that opened, or were cancelled or withdrawn since 2010.
Details of applications for a free school in the wave 14 application round.
Letters the Department for Education sent to successful free school applicants in the 13th round (wave 13) of the free schools programme.
Successful wave 13 free school applications.
Letters from the Department of Education sent to successful local authorities following 2018 bids.
Successful expressions of interest from local authorities in 2018.
Details of applications for a free school in the wave 13 application round.
Revenue spending by the Department for Education on university technical colleges that opened, or were cancelled or withdrawn since 2010.
School census information for October 2018, showing the number and proportion of pupils in academies and free schools.
List of local authorities that submitted a bid to open an alternative provision or special free school in 2018.
Successful wave 12 free school applications.
Letters the Department for Education sent to successful free school applicants in the eleventh round (wave 11) of the free schools programme.
Successful wave 11 free school applications.
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