Transparency data: Special free schools: local authority applications for waves 3 and 4

Department For Education

May 16

12:53 2024

Lists showing:

local authorities who submitted an application to the Department for Education to open a new special free school in waves 3 and 4
successful local authorities for waves 3 and 4 and the proposed SEND designation for the school
successful trusts and the proposed name of each school for wave 3

Published 24 November 2022
Last updated 16 May 2024 +show all updates

16 May 2024
Updated Local authority applications to open a special free school: waves 3 and 4 with information for Bournemouth, Christchurch, and Poole, Cheshire East Herefordshire, Walsall and Westmorland and Furness.
9 May 2024
Updated to include successful local authorities for wave 4 applications.
26 March 2024
Updated 'Local authority applications to open a special free school: 2022' to include 'Name of approved trust' and 'Name of proposed school'.
2 March 2023
Updated 'Local authority applications to open a special free school: 2022' to include a list of the local authorities whose applications were successful in the 2022 special free schools wave.
24 November 2022
First published.