Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 35648

Meadowgate Academy: Admissions

Tabled: 5 March 2025

Answered: 13 March 2025

Question

Steve Barclay

Conservative — North East Cambridgeshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will publish her Department's advice issued to Cambridgeshire County Council in relation to plans to expand the number of places at Meadowgate Academy in Wisbech.

Answer

Catherine McKinnell

In February 2021, the department approved the expansion of Meadowgate Academy by 60 places. The department has not provided advice to Cambridgeshire County Council on plans to expand the number of places.