Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 103942

Free Schools

Tabled: 7 January 2026
Answered: 21 January 2026

Question

Nick Timothy

ConservativeWest Suffolk

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many local authority presumption free schools have been established since central applications were closed last year, broken down by (a), primary, (b) secondary, (c) post-16, and (d) special schools.

Answer

Josh MacAlister
The number of free schools that have been opened through the free school presumption process since July 2024 is as follows:Primary23Secondary0All-through1Post-160Special8Alternative provision1 For comparison, the number of presumption free schools that we...

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