74 % of open free schools are located in areas where there was a need for more school places and around half are in the 30 % most deprived communities in the country. (gov.uk)
How can the free schools programme meet the twin challenge of creating more school places and improving educational standards? (educationbusinessuk.net)
The need for more school places in London has lately become more acute, and research by the Greater London Authority in February 2017 showed that an additional 60,000 primary places and 105,000 secondary places will be needed in the capital alone by 2020. (schoolsweek.co.uk)