Department For Education
September 20
08:30
2022
Details
This guidance sets out the process for applying to set up a new AP free school as part of a partnership. Each partnership applying to open an AP free school should include:
- one lead applicant who will act as the lead partner - this can be anexisting APor mainstream provider or a new proposer
- at least one local authority though more than one local authority can also be involved in the partnership
Lead applicants should read the guidance and complete the mandatory pre-registration form by 5pm on Monday, 24 October 2022.
We will only email application forms to partnerships that have completed the pre-registration.