Free Schools
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which metrics were used to decide which of the previously-approved free schools went ahead.
Answered by Josh MacAlister
Mainstream projects were evaluated against consistent criteria on the need for places, value for money, and whether they would provide a distinctive or innovative education offer or risk negatively impacting other local schools.
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