Free Schools
(asked on 7th January 2026) - View Source
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many local authority presumption free schools have been established since central applications were closed last year, broken down by (a), primary, (b) secondary, (c) post-16, and (d) special schools.
The number of free schools that have been opened through the free school presumption process since July 2024 is as follows:
Primary | 23 |
Secondary | 0 |
All-through | 1 |
Post-16 | 0 |
Special | 8 |
Alternative provision | 1 |
For comparison, the number of presumption free schools that were established in the previous academic year (2023/24) was:
Primary | 12 |
Secondary | 0 |
All-through | 1 |
Post-16 | 0 |
Special | 1 |
Alternative provision | 0 |