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Written question asked by Nick Gibb (Conservative) on Monday, 4 March 2024, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 6 March 2024. It was answered by Damian Hinds (Conservative) on Tuesday, 12 March 2024 on behalf of the Department for Education.


Free Schools

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many free schools were opened in each year from 2011 to 2023.

Answer

The department publishes information about open free schools, including the date they opened. This information is available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/open-academies-and-academy-projects-in-development.

The attached table provides the number of free schools opened each year from 2011 to 2023. This includes primary, secondary, all through and 16-19 age ranges of the following types of free schools: mainstream free schools, alternative provision free schools, special free schools and specialist maths schools. University technical colleges and Studio schools have been listed separately.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
16584
Session
2023-24
Attachment
16584_table_attachment
Subjects
Free schools
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk