Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to his Written Ministerial Statement of 11 May 2018 on Good School Places, HCWS676, what criteria his Department will use to assess (a) demand for places and (b) the requirement to raise school standards.

Details on all criteria used to assess mainstream free school applications in the latest round (wave 13), including evidence of need for good school places, can be found in the ‘how to apply’ guidance available here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/free-school-application-guide.