The problem:
- This approach will lead to fewer free schools.
- Free schools have been a mechanism for the injection of new ideas, new energy and new models of education into the state system.
- Free schools can respond to parent demand, provide parents with choice over their child’s education and have driven up standards. Increasingly free schools are being proposed by Multi Academy Trusts with a strong record of delivering a high-quality education.
NSN recommendation:
- This clause should be removed from the Bill. Free Schools have been a key driver of innovation and improved standards in our education system and steps should not be taken that could limit their expansion.