Free schools

Neighbours of Coombe Wood School, a secondary free school opened in September 2018, have become increasingly fed up with...

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Chapel Street Community Schools Trust (CSCST), one of the earliest trusts to open a free school, is to give up its academies,...

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A sixth-form attended by the new schools’ minister, Baroness Berridge, closed in 2018 after a post-16 free school opened nearby...

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The impact assessment* for Turner Free School , Folkestone, is ‘seriously flawed’, writes Peter Read at Kent Independent Advice...

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Fourteen of the top fifteen schools based on Progress 8 scores have one thing in common: they have few low-achieving pupils....

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When Greenwich Free School opened in 2012, it was assessed at posing a high risk to five local secondary schools , all...

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Free school impact assessments are compiled when a school is at the pre-opening stage. They are not published until after a...

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The claim of ‘insufficient academic pupils’ is being used to explain missing exam scores from Harris academies in a recently...

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The number of academy trust failing to meet the deadline for submitting their accounts to the Department for Education continues...

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A parent who raised concerns about her daughter's education at a Devon-based pupil referral unit (PRU) was ‘fobbed off’, a BBC...

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Paxton Sports and Science Academy, a primary free school in Thornton Heath, Croydon, has been downgraded from requires...

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The Education and Skills Funding Agency has upheld concerns raised by a whistleblower about the Olive Tree Primary School, a...

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Pupils at Michaela Community School achieved stellar GCSE results in 2019, the first year the school entered pupils for GCSE...

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The notorious SchoolsCompany Trust was stripped of its academies in 2018 after the discovery of serious failings at three...

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Khalsa Secondary Academy, a Sikh free school in Buckinghamshire, has been sent a ‘minded to terminate’ letter by the area’s...

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Four years ago, the Department for Education exchanged contracts on the Bowring sports field, Greenwich. The site was intended...

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Hackney New School closed for a fresh start at the end of October after the free school had been downgraded from good to...

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Abacus Belsize, a one-form entry free school opened six years ago in temporary accommodation, will not be moving into permanent...

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