FOI release

Name, local authority, previous school name, and faith designation of applications to open a free school: waves 1 and 2

Published 19 February 2013

Applies to England

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  • Date requested: 22 June 2011
  • Publish date: 19 February 2013
  • Updated: 19 February 2013

1. Request

Following the Freedom of Information request set out below, the department is publishing the requested information.

A list of free school proposals received by the Department for Education, including the 323 received during the first wave and the 281 received during the second wave, giving for each:

  • The name of the project
  • The local authority/area of the proposed school
  • The previous name (if applicable) of the proposed school
  • The faith (if any) of the proposed school
  • Whether the proposal was received in the first wave or the second wave

2. Release

The attached tables contain the following information in relation to free school applications received in waves 1 and 2:

  • Name of proposed free school as stated in application
  • Proposed local authority in which the free school would be situated
  • Name of independent school if converting to free school status

The wave 2 table contains the following additional information:

  • Faith designation

Note: The applications listed with faith designation were self-identified as such by the applicants during the application process.

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