Free Schools
(asked on 2nd November 2016) - View Source
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what free school project applications have been withdrawn or cancelled since 2010; and what costs were incurred by the applicant on (a) property and planning, (b) technical advice and consultancy and (c) legal fees before withdrawal or cancellation.
There have been 39 schools cancelled or withdrawn since 2010.
The Department does not collect information about the costs incurred by applicants that have been withdrawn or cancelled.
Project Name | Project Status | School Phase | Local Authority |
Rivendale free school | Withdrawn | Primary | Hammersmith and Fulham |
The Rotherham central free school | Cancelled | Secondary | Rotherham |
Newham Free Academy | Cancelled | Secondary | Newham |
Chorley career and sixth form academy | Withdrawn | Secondary | Lancashire |
The Priory Rural Skills and Equestrian Free School | Withdrawn | Secondary | Lincolnshire |
The Northern Lights Primary School | Cancelled | Primary | Calderdale |
The Bristol primary school | Cancelled | Primary | Bristol City of |
Harris free school Tottenham | Withdrawn | All-Through | Haringey |
Barnfield fernwood free school | Withdrawn | Primary | Central Bedfordshire |
Rainbow schools Nottingham | Cancelled | Primary | Nottingham |
Newark School of Enterprise (formerly Exemplar Newark Business Academy) | Cancelled | Secondary | Nottinghamshire |
Warrington Montessori school | Cancelled | Primary | Cheshire West and Chester |
The Leeds retail and financial services academy | Cancelled | Secondary | Leeds |
The Free School Leeds | Withdrawn | Primary | Leeds |
Khalsa Engineering Academy | Withdrawn | Primary | Bradford |
TLG Bradford | Withdrawn | Secondary | Bradford |
Gateway Academy | Withdrawn | Secondary | Brent |
The advance school Norbury | Withdrawn | Primary | Croydon |
Harperbury Free School | Cancelled | Secondary | Hertfordshire |
On track Chiltern | Withdrawn | Secondary | Bedford |
Phoenix free school of Oldham | Cancelled | Secondary | Oldham |
Oasis community school Walthamstow | Cancelled | Secondary | Waltham Forest |
Marco Polo academy | Cancelled | Primary | Barnet |
Gladstone School | Cancelled | Secondary | Brent |
The inspirar bilingual academy | Withdrawn | Primary | Lincolnshire |
Harris Primary Free School Nunhead | Withdrawn | Primary | Southwark |
The Ashworth Preparatory School | Withdrawn | Primary | Northamptonshire |
Harris Primary Free School Tottenham Hale | Withdrawn | Primary | Haringey |
Crystal Palace Primary School | Withdrawn | Primary | Croydon |
Elements Primary School | Withdrawn | Primary | Barnsley |
Hackney Wick Academy | Cancelled | Secondary | Hackney |
Luton Girls' Academy | Cancelled | Secondary | Luton |
Powerlist Post 16 Leadership College | Withdrawn | 16-19 | City of London |
St Mary's CE Primary School | Cancelled | Primary | Hertfordshire |
STEM Academy Croydon Gateway | Withdrawn | 16-19 | Croydon |
Trinity High School | Withdrawn | Secondary | Merton |
BBG Parents Alliance (Birkenshaw, Birstall and Gomersal) | Cancelled | Secondary | Kirklees |
Harris/AESE Free School Tottenham | Cancelled | All-Through | Haringey |
Bury st Edmunds: Middle Phase | Cancelled | Secondary | Suffolk |