Free Schools
(asked on 11th November 2016) - View Source
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and which free school project applications have been withdrawn or cancelled in each year since 2011.
There are 345 open free schools, and 234 projects approved into pre-opening. 39 projects have either been withdrawn by proposer groups or cancelled by the Department before projects come into fruition.
The table below sets out the projects which were withdrawn or cancelled since 2011:
Cancelled or withdrawn projects | Year cancelled or withdrawn |
BBG Parents Alliance (Birkenshaw, Birstall and Gomersal) | 2011 |
The Rotherham central free school | 2012 |
Newham Free Academy | 2012 |
Harris/AESE Free School Tottenham | 2012 |
Rivendale free school | 2012 |
Chorley career and sixth form academy | 2012 |
The Priory Rural Skills and Equestrian Free School | 2012 |
Harris free school Tottenham | 2012 |
The Northern Lights Primary School | 2013 |
TLG Bradford | 2013 |
The Bristol primary school | 2013 |
Rainbow schools Nottingham | 2013 |
Warrington Montessori school | 2013 |
The Leeds retail and financial services academy | 2013 |
Barnfield fernwood free school | 2013 |
The Free School Leeds | 2013 |
Newark School of Enterprise (formerly Exemplar Newark Business Academy) | 2014 |
Phoenix free school of Oldham | 2014 |
Oasis community school Walthamstow | 2014 |
Marco Polo academy | 2014 |
The advance school Norbury | 2014 |
On track Chiltern | 2014 |
The Inspirar Bilingual academy | 2014 |
Hackney Wick Academy | 2015 |
Luton Girls' Academy | 2015 |
St Mary's CE Primary School | 2015 |
Khalsa Engineering Academy | 2015 |
Gateway Academy | 2015 |
Harris Primary Free School Nunhead | 2015 |
Harris Primary Free School Tottenham Hale | 2015 |
Crystal Palace Primary School | 2015 |
Elements Primary School | 2015 |
Powerlist Post 16 Leadership College | 2015 |
STEM Academy Croydon Gateway | 2015 |
Trinity High School | 2015 |
Harperbury Free School | 2016 |
Gladstone School | 2016 |
Bury St Edmunds: Middle Phase | 2016 |
The Ashworth Preparatory School | 2016 |