Not exact matches
On 12 April 2017, the Department for Education (DfE) announced the
approval of 131 new
free schools, which included the
approval of plans to launch a
special free school competition across 19 local authorities which would allow sponsors to apply to launch the new
schools.
The prospective new
free school follows the
approval of plans for two other new government - funded
special free schools in Essex in April.
In addition, 20 local authority areas have been approved to create a new
special school through the
free school process — taking the total number of
approvals to 131.