New Schools Network News

A mother wants to set up a school to help children who are on a “path to self-destruction”. Donna Still, of Hillview Road, Orpington, is one of four parents who believe mainstream schools ...

Two groups are sizing up Norwich as a possible location for “free schools”, the latest stage in the government's education revolution. The city has been targeted by a group of teachers and pare...

A proposed ‘Free School’ could be among the first to open in the country. The group behind the Bedford and Kempston Free School has been informed this week that it has got through to stage two ...

A headteacher from the North-East is looking to set up one of the first free schools in the region that will be accountable to parents.   Kevin Dodd, from Consett, County Durham, is hopin...

Parents and governors at a West Reading school are expected to formally present their bid to open one of the town’s first free schools. Campaigners at All Saints Infant School in Brownlow Road wa...

Organisers are hoping to transform St Luke's Church in north London into St Luke's Primary School. The school will initially start as a reception with 15 children. Then every year a new year group ...

South Yorkshire's first 'free school' could be ready for business in September 2011 - if an application from a private college is given the go-ahead.   Plans have been drawn up for a new sec...

Education experts are supporting a teacher who hopes to set up her own secondary school. Bill Harrison, the City of Ely Community College’s chairman of governors, said the school would be thr...

A north London group aiming to open one of the first parent-led 'free schools' is planning to hold its lessons in a church hall.   The proposed St Luke's primary school in Hampstead wants ...

A group of parents and teachers who are trying to set up a free school in York are about to submit their application to Government.   The steering group behind the proposed new secondary s...