Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many new schools have opened since July 2019; and how many of those have been free schools.

The government’s free schools programme has delivered hundreds of new schools and provided thousands of high-quality new school places across the country.

Since July 2019, a total of 392 new state-funded schools have opened (including sponsored and converted academies), of which 169 are new free schools. These include mainstream, special and alternative provision, and 16-19 free schools. These schools will create more than 86,000 places at capacity.

Information about all schools in England is publicly available at: https://www.get-information-schools.service.gov.uk.