Following is a list of Freedom of Information responses in respect of free school applications, published today on the Department for Education website:
Name, local authority, previous school name and faith designation of applications to open a Free School - wave 3 (Date requested: 06 July 2012)
Name, Local Authority, Previous school name, and Faith designation of applications to open a Free School - waves 1 and 2 (Date requested: 22 June 2011)
Proposed name and local authority of Free School wave 2 applications (Date requested: 22 June 2011)
Proposed name, region and local authority of Free School wave 2 applications (university technical colleges, technical academies*, 16-19 Free Schools) (Date requested: 15 June 2011)
Publication of these responses follows decisions by the Information Commissioner and the Information Rights Tribunal. DfE has also published an open letter from Education Secretary Michael Gove to the Information Commissioner. [Update: the Information Commissioner has responded.]
Related :
Government releases list of proposed Free Schools to BHA (British Humanist Association)
Creationist sect among 100-plus faith applicants for free schools (Independent)
Private schools apply to go ‘free’ (Financial Times)
Michael Gove writes open letter to the Information Commissioner about free schools (Toby Young blog in Telegraph)