Free Schools: Coronavirus
(asked on 18th May 2020) - View Source
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how COVID-19 is affecting the delivery of new special free schools; and what steps they are taking to mitigate this impact.
This question was answered on 27th May 2020
We are monitoring closely the risk that construction delays caused by COVID-19 might impact on our capacity to deliver free schools, including special free schools, planning to open in September 2020.
Where delays are putting at risk completion of sites by September, we are agreeing appropriate mitigations, including alternative temporary accommodation.
We remain committed to opening all free schools due to open this September, as planned.