To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department's commitment to open 500 Free schools by 2020 as announced on 2 September 2015 will include those schools that open as (a) converter and (b) sponsored academies.
Answered on
11 September 2015
The Department for Education’s commitment to open 500 free schools during this Parliament will not include schools that will open as converter or sponsored academies.
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Department for Education
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