Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 99790
Free Schools
Tabled: 15 December 2025
Answered: 6 January 2026
Named DayQuestion
Valerie Vaz
Labour — Walsall and Bloxwich
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what criteria she used to determine which free schools should (a) be proceeded with and (b) not be proceeded with.
Answer
Josh MacAlisterOn 15 December 2025, a Written Ministerial Statement was laid setting out outcomes of the mainstream free school pipeline review.All free school projects in scope were evaluated in line with consistent criteria, focusing on assessing the local need for pl...
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