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Create: Schools Monthly Free Schools News Round-Up
Our monthly Free Schools Round Up will provide you with last month’s education headlines, featuring key updates on each of the free...
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Create: Schools
- May 5
- 3 min
Create: Schools Monthly Free Schools News Round-Up
Our monthly Free Schools Round Up will provide you with last month’s education headlines, featuring key updates on each of the free...
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Sandro Sereno
- Apr 12
- 3 min
What Does a New Special School Mean for its Community?
This blog will examine the enormous impact a new Special free school can have on pupils and the wider community and includes an exclusive...
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Imogen Phillips
- Mar 16
- 2 min
Free School Funding
This blog will focus on various funding and finance aspects of the free school process. This will include a discussion on how free...
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Imogen Phillips & Hayden Radford
- Mar 14
- 3 min
The Free School Financial Template
The free school financial template can seem a daunting task at first, however, it doesn't have to be. Below we have included a breakdown...
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Imogen Phillips
- Mar 3
- 3 min
Create: Schools Monthly News Round-Up
Our monthly Free Schools Round-Up will provide you with education news from the last month, featuring key updates on the individual free...
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Charlotte Reece
- Feb 23
- 3 min
DfE Free School Interviews – Guidance for applicants
Through this blog, we will outline the vital guidance and typical considerations for the interview stage of the free school process.
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Create: Schools
- Feb 3
- 2 min
Create: Schools Monthly News Round-Up
Our monthly Free Schools Round Up will provide you with education news from the last month, featuring key updates on the individual free...
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Imogen Phillips
- Feb 1
- 3 min
Alternative Provision - Navigating Partnerships
This week’s blog will focus on working effectively in partnerships for Alternative Provision (AP) proposers. Through the AP wave,...
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Imogen Phillips
- Nov 17, 2022
- 3 min
Community Engagement in your Free School Application
As part of the DfE’s application guidance, you are expected to evidence engagement with the local community through your free school...
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Charlotte Reece
- Sep 22, 2022
- 3 min
Your School's Vision
This week’s blog focuses on one of the most important elements of any free school application - the vision. The tips below can be applied...
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Gavin Macdonald
- Aug 26, 2022
- 5 min
Useful Data Sources for your Free School Application
As we come to the end of the summer break, applicants will be gearing up to put pen to paper and begin writing their free school...
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Yashna Smart
- Aug 22, 2022
- 2 min
Free School Waves: The State of Play
With a couple of checkpoints already passed in the current free school waves but the majority still out in front, we thought this would...
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Yashna Smart
- Aug 19, 2022
- 4 min
Alternative Provision: Identifying and Forming a Partnership
For the first time, opening a new Alternative Provision (AP) free school has been granted its own separate wave by the Department for...
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Charlotte Reece
- Aug 12, 2022
- 3 min
Top Tips for Writing your Free School Application
Writing your free school application can seem like a daunting process. For this reason, we have provided six top tips for writing a...
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Gavin Macdonald
- Aug 5, 2022
- 4 min
Wave 15: Developing a Need Case
15 mainstream schools will be approved in the next free school wave and evidencing the need for the new school will be vital to ensure a...
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Hannah Jackson
- Jun 16, 2022
- 2 min
Free Schools: A Guide to the New Waves
The Department for Education has launched 3 separate waves for mainstream, special, and alternative provision (AP) schools. A brief...
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Create: Schools
- Jun 13, 2022
- 2 min
Free Schools: Frequently Asked Questions
What is a free school? Free schools are state schools that receive funding directly from the Department for Education, and are not...
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