Timothy said: «It has been a great privilege to see first - hand the extraordinary hard work of
free school applicants who work so tirelessly to improve education in their communities.
This guidance provides an overview of some of the key considerations for mainstream and 16 - 19
free school applicants.
This guidance provides an overview of some of the key considerations for special
free school applicants.
The details of
free school applicants was originally requested under the Freedom of Information Act by the Guardian newspaper, the Association of Colleges (AoC) and the British Humanist Association (BHA).
Free school applicants claim they have been «left in the dark» by the delay in announcing the latest successful bids.
The Department for Education has ditched a requirement for
free school applicants to prove they have interest from parents.
The BHA has produced a timeline of its cases at the ICO and Information Tribunal asking for the details of
Free School applicants: https://humanism.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/Timeline-of-the-BHA%E2%80%99s-FOI-requests-for-names-of-Free-School-applicants.pdf
Free school applicant groups can propose to open nurseries alongside their free schools.
Not exact matches
Students using the
free and reduced - price lunch program % % Percent change
Applicants Fall Spring Fall 2008 to Fall
School district 2008 2009 Spring 2009 2009 Barrington Community 220 1,236 1,440 16.5 % 1,565 (Mundelein) Diamond Lake 76 509 514 1.0 % 550 Elmhurst Community 205 581 638 9.8 % 665 Elgin School U-46 17,721 19,693 11.1 % 21,016 Glenview 34 687 719 4.5 % 812 Lemont Township High School 210 57 58 1.8 % 67 Mundelein High School 120 545 545 No change 605 Naperville Community 203 1,199 1,459 21.7 % 1,770 (Highland Park) North Shore 112 1,027 1,100 7.1 % 973 Plainfield Community 202 3,228 3,464 7.3 % 3,631 (Frankfort) Summit Hill School District 161 162 215 32.7 % 242 (Arlington Heights) Township High school 214 2,077 1,851 -10.9 % 2,767 (Palatine) Township High School 211 2,369 2,490 5.1 % 2,822 (Gurnee) Warren Township High School 121 650 654 0.60 % 758 West Aurora 129 5,585 6,251 11.90 % 6,862 (Romeoville) Valley View 365 8,445 8,291 -1.80 % 9,326 % % * Preliminary numbers of approved applica
School district 2008 2009 Spring 2009 2009 Barrington Community 220 1,236 1,440 16.5 % 1,565 (Mundelein) Diamond Lake 76 509 514 1.0 % 550 Elmhurst Community 205 581 638 9.8 % 665 Elgin
School U-46 17,721 19,693 11.1 % 21,016 Glenview 34 687 719 4.5 % 812 Lemont Township High School 210 57 58 1.8 % 67 Mundelein High School 120 545 545 No change 605 Naperville Community 203 1,199 1,459 21.7 % 1,770 (Highland Park) North Shore 112 1,027 1,100 7.1 % 973 Plainfield Community 202 3,228 3,464 7.3 % 3,631 (Frankfort) Summit Hill School District 161 162 215 32.7 % 242 (Arlington Heights) Township High school 214 2,077 1,851 -10.9 % 2,767 (Palatine) Township High School 211 2,369 2,490 5.1 % 2,822 (Gurnee) Warren Township High School 121 650 654 0.60 % 758 West Aurora 129 5,585 6,251 11.90 % 6,862 (Romeoville) Valley View 365 8,445 8,291 -1.80 % 9,326 % % * Preliminary numbers of approved applica
School U-46 17,721 19,693 11.1 % 21,016 Glenview 34 687 719 4.5 % 812 Lemont Township High
School 210 57 58 1.8 % 67 Mundelein High School 120 545 545 No change 605 Naperville Community 203 1,199 1,459 21.7 % 1,770 (Highland Park) North Shore 112 1,027 1,100 7.1 % 973 Plainfield Community 202 3,228 3,464 7.3 % 3,631 (Frankfort) Summit Hill School District 161 162 215 32.7 % 242 (Arlington Heights) Township High school 214 2,077 1,851 -10.9 % 2,767 (Palatine) Township High School 211 2,369 2,490 5.1 % 2,822 (Gurnee) Warren Township High School 121 650 654 0.60 % 758 West Aurora 129 5,585 6,251 11.90 % 6,862 (Romeoville) Valley View 365 8,445 8,291 -1.80 % 9,326 % % * Preliminary numbers of approved applica
School 210 57 58 1.8 % 67 Mundelein High
School 120 545 545 No change 605 Naperville Community 203 1,199 1,459 21.7 % 1,770 (Highland Park) North Shore 112 1,027 1,100 7.1 % 973 Plainfield Community 202 3,228 3,464 7.3 % 3,631 (Frankfort) Summit Hill School District 161 162 215 32.7 % 242 (Arlington Heights) Township High school 214 2,077 1,851 -10.9 % 2,767 (Palatine) Township High School 211 2,369 2,490 5.1 % 2,822 (Gurnee) Warren Township High School 121 650 654 0.60 % 758 West Aurora 129 5,585 6,251 11.90 % 6,862 (Romeoville) Valley View 365 8,445 8,291 -1.80 % 9,326 % % * Preliminary numbers of approved applica
School 120 545 545 No change 605 Naperville Community 203 1,199 1,459 21.7 % 1,770 (Highland Park) North Shore 112 1,027 1,100 7.1 % 973 Plainfield Community 202 3,228 3,464 7.3 % 3,631 (Frankfort) Summit Hill
School District 161 162 215 32.7 % 242 (Arlington Heights) Township High school 214 2,077 1,851 -10.9 % 2,767 (Palatine) Township High School 211 2,369 2,490 5.1 % 2,822 (Gurnee) Warren Township High School 121 650 654 0.60 % 758 West Aurora 129 5,585 6,251 11.90 % 6,862 (Romeoville) Valley View 365 8,445 8,291 -1.80 % 9,326 % % * Preliminary numbers of approved applica
School District 161 162 215 32.7 % 242 (Arlington Heights) Township High
school 214 2,077 1,851 -10.9 % 2,767 (Palatine) Township High School 211 2,369 2,490 5.1 % 2,822 (Gurnee) Warren Township High School 121 650 654 0.60 % 758 West Aurora 129 5,585 6,251 11.90 % 6,862 (Romeoville) Valley View 365 8,445 8,291 -1.80 % 9,326 % % * Preliminary numbers of approved applica
school 214 2,077 1,851 -10.9 % 2,767 (Palatine) Township High
School 211 2,369 2,490 5.1 % 2,822 (Gurnee) Warren Township High School 121 650 654 0.60 % 758 West Aurora 129 5,585 6,251 11.90 % 6,862 (Romeoville) Valley View 365 8,445 8,291 -1.80 % 9,326 % % * Preliminary numbers of approved applica
School 211 2,369 2,490 5.1 % 2,822 (Gurnee) Warren Township High
School 121 650 654 0.60 % 758 West Aurora 129 5,585 6,251 11.90 % 6,862 (Romeoville) Valley View 365 8,445 8,291 -1.80 % 9,326 % % * Preliminary numbers of approved applica
School 121 650 654 0.60 % 758 West Aurora 129 5,585 6,251 11.90 % 6,862 (Romeoville) Valley View 365 8,445 8,291 -1.80 % 9,326 % % * Preliminary numbers of approved applications.
Read the BHA news item, Groups submit bids to open 2013
Free Schools as BHA lists
applicants, 24 February 2012: https://humanism.org.uk/news/view/995
In a recent survey, the government reported that
free schools had three
applicants for every place.
Quite rightly, the
free school application process is a demanding one, even for existing «Outstanding»
schools and is designed to ensure that only the best and most capable
applicant groups are selected to open new
schools.
Applicants included the journalist Toby Young, who went on to set up the West London
Free School and Katharine Birbalsingh, the teacher who strongly criticised the state education system at the Conservative party conference in 2010 and who went on to set up a free school in north Lon
Free School and Katharine Birbalsingh, the teacher who strongly criticised the state education system at the Conservative party conference in 2010 and who went on to set up a free school in north L
School and Katharine Birbalsingh, the teacher who strongly criticised the state education system at the Conservative party conference in 2010 and who went on to set up a
free school in north Lon
free school in north L
school in north London.
Lumina is a
free, five - day summer
school that Harrow School and Twyford C of E Academies Trust offer to potential Oxbridge applicants from the maintained sector at the end of Ye
school that Harrow
School and Twyford C of E Academies Trust offer to potential Oxbridge applicants from the maintained sector at the end of Ye
School and Twyford C of E Academies Trust offer to potential Oxbridge
applicants from the maintained sector at the end of Year 12.
Charter
schools ARE public
schools: By law, they must adhere to all public education laws, hire appropriately licensed teachers, follow the same curriculum standards as do traditional
school districts, take the same standardized, state - wide assessments and are
free of tuition and open to all
applicants.
In terms of opening a
free school,
applicants will have to show there is demand from parents - and although there is no fixed threshold, Mr Gove says proposals should have the support of at least 40 to 50 parents for a primary
school, and more for a secondary
school.
In 21
schools, a quota of children currently or previously eligible for
free school meals are admitted separately from other
applicants.
The Davidson Academy Online High
School application and assessment fee is $ 100 for out - of - state
applicants and
free for Nevada residents.
For a district qualifying under this paragraph whose charter
school tuition payments exceed 9 per cent of the
school district's net
school spending, the board shall only approve an application for the establishment of a commonwealth charter
school if an
applicant, or a provider with which an
applicant proposes to contract, has a record of operating at least 1
school or similar program that demonstrates academic success and organizational viability and serves student populations similar to those the proposed
school seeks to serve, from the following categories of students, those: (i) eligible for
free lunch; (ii) eligible for reduced price lunch; (iii) that require special education; (iv) limited English - proficient of similar language proficiency level as measured by the Massachusetts English Proficiency Assessment examination; (v) sub-proficient, which shall mean students who have scored in the «needs improvement», «warning» or «failing» categories on the mathematics or English language arts exams of the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System for 2 of the past 3 years or as defined by the department using a similar measurement; (vi) who are designated as at risk of dropping out of
school based on predictors determined by the department; (vii) who have dropped out of
school; or (viii) other at - risk students who should be targeted to eliminate achievement gaps among different groups of students.
In return for your assistance, the host
school, district, or university would receive one
free registration for a qualified TOT
applicant (current value = $ 1350 USD).
The recommendation is based on aggregate evaluation data generated during the application process, considering the following key elements: (1) the quality of the proposed program as measured against the criteria contained in the charter
school application; (2) the substantive issues surrounding the overall feasibility and reasonableness of the application in terms of the likelihood of the opening and operation of a successful, high quality public school; (3) the degree of public support for the proposed school; and (4) the CSDE's recommendation that the SBE give preference to the applicant due to its commitment to: (a) serving students who receive free or reduced price lunch; (b) partnering with FamilyUrban Schools of Excellence, Inc., an organization with a record of operating high - quality public schools in Connecticut; (c) serving students from the Dixwell / Newhallville community, an underserved, high - need area of New Haven; and (d) operating in New Haven, a Priority School Dis
school application; (2) the substantive issues surrounding the overall feasibility and reasonableness of the application in terms of the likelihood of the opening and operation of a successful, high quality public
school; (3) the degree of public support for the proposed school; and (4) the CSDE's recommendation that the SBE give preference to the applicant due to its commitment to: (a) serving students who receive free or reduced price lunch; (b) partnering with FamilyUrban Schools of Excellence, Inc., an organization with a record of operating high - quality public schools in Connecticut; (c) serving students from the Dixwell / Newhallville community, an underserved, high - need area of New Haven; and (d) operating in New Haven, a Priority School Dis
school; (3) the degree of public support for the proposed
school; and (4) the CSDE's recommendation that the SBE give preference to the applicant due to its commitment to: (a) serving students who receive free or reduced price lunch; (b) partnering with FamilyUrban Schools of Excellence, Inc., an organization with a record of operating high - quality public schools in Connecticut; (c) serving students from the Dixwell / Newhallville community, an underserved, high - need area of New Haven; and (d) operating in New Haven, a Priority School Dis
school; and (4) the CSDE's recommendation that the SBE give preference to the
applicant due to its commitment to: (a) serving students who receive
free or reduced price lunch; (b) partnering with FamilyUrban
Schools of Excellence, Inc., an organization with a record of operating high - quality public schools in Connecticut; (c) serving students from the Dixwell / Newhallville community, an underserved, high - need area of New Haven; and (d) operating in New Haven, a Priority School Di
Schools of Excellence, Inc., an organization with a record of operating high - quality public
schools in Connecticut; (c) serving students from the Dixwell / Newhallville community, an underserved, high - need area of New Haven; and (d) operating in New Haven, a Priority School Di
schools in Connecticut; (c) serving students from the Dixwell / Newhallville community, an underserved, high - need area of New Haven; and (d) operating in New Haven, a Priority
School Dis
School District.
allow access to all students that fall below a targeted income level such as qualifying for the federal «
Free and Reduced Lunch Program» and allow for lotteries if there are more
applicants than slots in the program or
school.
The NSN charity, headed by
free schools champion Toby Young, offers two strands of advice to
applicants hoping to get their
free school off the ground.
A key principle of the RA
Schools is that our programme is
free of charge to every
applicant offered a place.
Such a change would be a cultural shift for an institution whose tuition -
free education and esteemed programs in engineering, architecture and art have made it one of the nation's most selective
schools, admitting 5 percent to 10 percent of
applicants annually, depending on the department.
We will provide assistance to the selected
applicants in seeking outside funding or law
school credit, and in finding
free or inexpensive housing.
Ensure that any course that is offered in a classroom setting, by the provider or a
school authorized by the provider to teach the course, is offered at locations that are
free from distractions and reasonably accessible to most
applicants.