Category: Free schools

UK government did not carry out detailed surveys before it bought free schools sites

Freedom 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...

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Michael Gove’s free schools at 10: the most successful policy since the war – or a costly mistake?

A 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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