Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 15875

Secondary Education: Construction

Tabled: 3 July 2026
Answered: 9 July 2026
Named Day

Question

John Milne

Liberal DemocratHorsham

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of section 68 of the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 on the funding routes available for new secondary school provision required to serv

Answer

Georgia Gould
These sections of the Act allow, alongside proposals for new academies, for local authorities to invite proposals for other types of school and to put forward their own proposals. Allowing additional routes to delivery helps to ensure that good schools ar...

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