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Free Schools: Godmanchester

Asked by Ben Obese-JectyConservativeDepartment for EducationTabled Answered 6 January 2026UIN 99974

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the delivery timeline was of Godmanchester Secondary Academy prior to its cancellation.

Answered by Josh MacAlister

Godmanchester Secondary Academy was approved into pre-opening in 2017 as part of Free Schools Wave 12. Delivery was provisionally anticipated for September 2022, but the project never achieved approval to move into the construction stage. The trust formally withdrew the project in April 2020 with the opening forecast not changing during the interim.

Due to the early stage that it reached, only the following funding was allocated to this project:

Capital costs for project manager fees and staff costs:

£3,731.31

Project development grant:

£30,000.00

TOTAL

£33,731.31

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