Decision affects secondaries and primaries approved by previous government using its ‘free school’ application processUK politics live – latest updatesMinisters have paused plans to open 44 new state schools in...
Read MoreFreedom of information requests show such was haste to open new schools unsuitable buildings were purchased without checks for asbestos or unstable concreteThe government failed to carry out detailed surveys that would reveal...
Read MoreJudgment questioned over years spent as director of east London free school later criticised for ‘improper’ practicesRishi Sunak, the frontrunner for the Conservative leadership, was the director of a free school...
Read MoreA decade ago the first free schools opened with fanfare and a promise to transform England’s education system. But it hasn’t quite turned out that wayTen years ago this month, Mark Lehain, a former headteacher, was...
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