Mainstream Free
Schools
Special Free
Schools
AP Free Schools
Development
Programme –
2015 applicant
cohort
Company Registration No. 6953650 – Registered Charity No: 1132122
Mainstream Free Schools
British International School
of Creative Excellence
http://www.bisce.co.uk
New Free School for Hull
Hoe Valley Free School
http://hoevalleyfreeschool.o
rg/
The Green School for Boys
An ‘all through’ school for pupils aged from 3 – 19 located in the
London Borough of Hackney. The school will specialise in performing
arts where the arts is embedded in the culture of each child’s
learning experience. BISCE will educate and cultivate talent,
champion diversity as Hackney’s original multi-cultural performing
arts specialist free school and aspire to deliver excellence throughout
the entire curriculum. The proposal is being led by a performing arts
specialist who already runs extra-curricular services in the borough
which focus on the arts.
An all-through (including 6th form) school in the Bransholme area of
Hull, which is characterised by high levels of socio-economic
deprivation. The proposer group is made up of a number of young
professionals with a range of education and other expertise. A main
aspect of the school’s vision is to promote success for each child, as
defined in line with their talents and aspiration. The school is also
looking to have a positive impact on the local community by
providing parental support and thus helping children thrive outside
of school.
The proposers for Hoe Valley Free School are parents from the local
community and hope to drive up standards and offer genuine choice
in Woking with a new 11-19 mainstream, secondary school. Hoe
Valley free School will be built around four cornerstones:
independent thinking, personalised learning, personal responsibility
and pupil well-being. At the heart of the Hoe Valley ethos is a desire
to ensure positive outcomes for all their pupils and all Hoe Valley
children will be given the opportunity to discover their own passions
and strengths.
A Church of England school for boys aged 11-18 in Hounslow, an area
with a shortage of secondary school places. It will be a brother school
for the outstanding (Ofsted Sept 2011) Green School (a girls-only
school), whose Head teacher, is the lead proposer in the application,
together with the London Diocesan Board of Schools. The two
schools will work together as part of a Multi-Academy Trust to
provide some of the benefits of co-educational education while
maintaining distinct identities as single-sex schools.
http://www.thegreenscho
ol.net
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St Anne’s Free School for
Girls
An inclusive, 11-16 multi-faith school for girls in Luton aimed at
empowering women and supporting girls flourish and raise their
aspirations. The proposal comes from a teacher-led group. The
school would promote the core values of respect, acceptance, love
and peace through the focus of spirituality. The curriculum on offer
will be broad and time will be also dedicated to developing pupils’
interpersonal skills and other soft skills, as well as to projects and
http://saintannesschool.co.u workshops on inter-faith interaction.
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St George’s CE Primary
School
http://www.st-georgesschool-hanworth.org/
Ealing Fields Free School
http://ealingfields.co.uk
Bahu Academy - East
Birmingham
Oldknow Academy
http://www.oldknowacade
my.co.uk
A Christian ethos primary school located in Hanworth, Hounslow. The
school aims to improve outcomes for vulnerable young people in a
very deprived community and meet a desperate need for new school
places in the borough. The proposal is being sponsored by the local St
George's church, which has a long history of working in the
community, and is supported by the London Diocesan Board for
Schools, which has set uo several Free Schools before.
Promoted by members of the local community, Ealing Fields
Free School will be a secondary school, which aims to achieve
outstanding academic, social and emotional outcomes for its
pupils. The curriculum will be focussed on enabling pupils to
achieve the English Baccalaureate with a strong emphasis on
extra-curricular activities and enabling pupils to obtain the skills
needed to succeed in a global jobs market.
The proposers for 'Bahu Academy - East Birmingham' are a group of
local educationalists and professionals who want to set up a 4-19
through school for the residents of East Birmingham. Giving local
families the option to choose a first class single school for all their
children's educational needs, the sole purpose of the school will be
to raise educational standards for all students and families in the
catchment area.
A group of senior leaders and teachers from outstanding Junior
School, Oldknow Academy in Birmingham are seeking to set up an
11-16 Secondary Free School committed to serving its community.
They hope to build on the success of their current provision to reach
a wider cohort of pupils, with a curriculum built on academic
achievement and high aspirations for all pupils, no matter what their
starting points. They will be working with Park View Secondary
School to develop this project.
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Capital City Academy:
Capital Primary
http://www.capitalcityacad
emy.org
Island Primary School
Hunsley Primary School
Crystal Palace Primary
School
West Newcastle Academy
http://westnewcastleacade
my.org/
Herts International Christian
School
A primary school in Brent, London. Capital City Academy is good
secondary academy which is looking to add a primary provision as a
response to the lack of places and a need for an Art and Sport
specialism school in the area. Capital City Primary aims to provide an
education which benefits from outstanding opportunities in Arts and
Sport and develops well rounded young people who display the
values of determination, integrity, curiosity and empathy. Learners
will be healthy and happy and proficient in literacy and numeracy to
enable them to be successful young learners ready for the secondary
curriculum.
A primary school on the Isle of Wight set up by a community group.
The school will use a child-led approach in KS1 and education will be
grounded in real experience with children spending half of their time
outside of the classroom, using resources from all over the Island.
An existing outstanding secondary academy looking to establish a
primary Free School in the East Riding of Yorkshire. They are working
with the National Science Learning Centre in York to design their
curriculum. The primary school will specialise in science and
mathematics to focus teaching and learning around enquiry,
challenge and problem-solving across the entire curriculum.
A community project, led by local parents and professionals, to
redress the acute shortage of primary school places in the Crystal
Palace locality. Pupils will benefit from high aspiration and
educational standards, with a curriculum based on developing
curiosity, determination, enthusiasm, willpower and other character
traits that have been shown to underpin success in school and
beyond.
A primary school which will serve an extremely deprived part of
Newcastle. The school aims to engage local parents in their children’s
learning by using the ‘forest school’ model in early years. Promoted
by a group made up of local charities and head teachers, which has
been approved to open a Free School with a similar model in
September 2013.
Herts International Christian School is an all through (age 4-16)
Christian faith school with a specialism in languages in Welwyn
Garden City. It is looking to meet the needs of the rapidly growing
local population, an increasing number of children with English as an
additional language and those at risk of educational disadvantage.
The application to establish a Free School is being put together by
Salvation for the Nations International Churches and their team
includes teachers, business and charity professionals, and the Senior
Pastor of SFTN.
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Villages Free School
http://villagesfreeschool.blo
gspot.co.uk/
Kennedy Academy
VFS will be an outstanding secondary school for the children of
Bramley, Shalford, Wonersh, Shamley Green, Chilworth, Blackheath
and immediate surrounding areas, in response to a shortage of
places and choice for parents in the area. VFS is being set up in
response to the increasing child population and soon to be shortage
of secondary school places. It will also provide a real solution to the
lack of choice of state secondary schools that parents have due to
the location of living in the villages.
A teacher-led Montessori primary proposal responding to a shortage
of places in the area and the demand for a Montessori primary from
the area's 10 Montessori nurseries. It will be based in Thurrock,
Essex.
http://www.kmscolchester.
org.uk/
Langley Academy Primary
A two-form entry primary school, which will help to meet a
desperate need for new school places in the area. The curriculum will
help to prepare pupils for entry into Langley Academy, an existing
secondary sponsored Academy which is sponsoring the proposal.
http://www.langleyacademy
.org/tlpa.html
Citizen School
http://citizenschool.org.uk/
Jefferys Education Trust
An all-through (incl. 6th form) Free School in south-east London,
where there currently is a shortage of places and attainment needs
to improve at both primary and secondary levels. The school is being
set up by a group of teachers and community organisers looking to
engage young people in democratic activities and engage with the
community to make streets safer
An all-through Free School in a deprived area of Southampton,
proposed by two existing Multi Academy Trusts working on opposite
sides of the city . They are concerned about the lack of good schools
in the area and are looking to establish a school with strong links to
the city's maritime businesses and develop a locally based
curriculum.
https://www.jetrust.org/
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Wellingborough STEM Free
School
http://www.tresham.ac.uk/
Bilingual Primary School
An all through (4 - 16) school located in a deproevd area of
Northamptonshire. The school will focus on STEM and work with
local employers to develop opportunities for work experience. It is
proposed by Tresham College who have recently delievered a UTC
bid and local teachers.
A primary school in Southwark which will teach pupils in both
Spanish and English. The school is being proposed by the founders of
the Brighton Bilingual Free School, which opened in 2012, and will
follow their existing model, which is already making a huge
difference to pupils language skills.
http://www.bilingualprimar
yschool.org.uk/
Streatham Arts School
A small 4 - 16 independent school in Crosby, North Liverpool
specialising in a creative arts curriculum. They have been approached
by Sefton Local Authority seeking additional school places in the area
and are now working with them to develop the Free School proposal.
http://www.streathamhous
e.co.uk/Seniors.html
Special Free Schools
Birch Wood
An all-through special school (4 - 19) in Leicestershire which will
provide for pupils with profound and multiple learning difficulties,
and autism. The school's approach will focus on pupils’ social and
emotional development as well as their academic progress.
Proposed by an existing outstanding special school in the area.
http://www.birchwoodschool.
co.uk/Default
Alternative Provision (AP) Free Schools
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Diocese of Lincolnshire
http://www.lincoln.anglican.
org
One in a Million
http://www.oneinamillion.or
g.uk
The Orchard AP Free School
Walmer Road
Wheelbase
http://www.wheelbase.org.uk
Merseyside Academy
A Christian ethos 9-13 Alternative Provision school in Lincolnshire.
The vision is to create a family centred
school that delivers outstanding education and builds the selfesteem, self-belief and self-confidence of pupils. The Diocese of
Lincolnshire currently runs 141 schools.
A secondary Alternative Provision school in Bradford. One in a
Million currently run an alternative provision which they are looking
to convert to a Free School. They will open a mainstream secondary
Free School in September 2013. One in a Million AP plans to use
sport, arts and enterprise as a means of re-engaging young people
who have been permanently excluded from school.
Secondary head teachers, Preston College and external vocational
providers are working in collaboration with the current provision at
the Orchard Programme to establish an AP Free school. The school
will work with both KS3 and KS4 pupils on a part time and full time
basis to ensure positive outcomes in terms of reintegration,
achievement, qualifications and positive destinations at 16.
The group is linked to two young people’s charities based in
Kensington and Chelsea (The Rugby Portobello Trust and P3), which
have been providing alternative provision to students aged 14-16
for a number of years. They are now looking to convert to Free
School status and expand their provision to post-16 as well. Their
Free School will mainly attract pupils with complex family
backgrounds and social and emotional needs, who are not thriving
in mainstream school. As well as offering GCSEs, their curriculum
will have an additional focus on ‘Work Readiness’.
A current independent school in Nottingham taking referrals from a
number of institutions and catering for pupils at risk of exclusion,
often with Special Educational Needs. Their focus is on technology
and the motor industry and in 2005 and 2009 they won the
National Training Awards in the category of Education and Training
Providers. The group is looking to convert their independent school
to a 14-19 Alternative Provision Free School mainly because the
number of young people being referred to them is increasing, but
also to be able to expand their educational offer.
A unique middle school – Year 6 to 9 – for boys disaffected with
mainstream school and at risk of exclusion. The group is working
with Liverpool Hope University's outreach organisation and has
experienced AP providers on the team. They anticipate running a
small farm alongside a core curriculum aimed at reintegrating
pupils back into mainstream schools.
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Netherfield Learning Ark
http://www.netherfieldprima
ryschool.com/learningark.asp
Romsey Mill
http://www.romseymill.org/
Hollingsworth AP Free School
Collaborative Schools Ltd
Stoke Innovation School
http://www.eruditionschoolst
rust.co.uk/our-academiesschools/stoke-innovationschool/
An AP provision for KS2 and 3 students in Gedling, Nottinghamshire
proposed in response to Primary headteachers being dissatisfied
with the constant problems around managed moves. There is a lack
of provision in Nottinghamshire for both primary and secondary AP.
The group is led by Sharon Jackson who has a long track record of
success in the sector and is supported by Adrian Packer of the
Everton AP Free School
A Christian ethos KS4 through KS5 Alternative Provision in
Cambridge. Romsey Mill Trust currently provides alternative
education packages to local secondary schools and is working with
the local authority and headteachers to expand this service to
deliver full-time provision. Their vision is to create a learning centre
that provides outstanding education and enables pupils to
overcome disadvantage and develop personal, social and spiritual
well-being.
A 14 - 18 AP school with a focus on basic skills in English and Maths,
Science and ICT within a context of creativity and commitment.
They identify a large number of NEETs in the area of Knowlsey they
plan to serve and hope to resolve this with a focus on basic skills.
The area is one of the most deprived in England. They will have a
military ethos is the promotion of universally desirable qualities
such as respect, responsibility, courage, honesty and integrity.
A collaboration of 21 schools in Trowbridge, Wiltshire coming
together to create an AP that will cater for pupils of all ages and will
work with mainstream schools to develop their skills in dealing with
challenging behaviour.
A 4-19 AP Free School based in Stoke aimed at re-engaging pupils
who have become disaffected with mainstream education or who
have become NEET. The school will make innovative use of ICT to
differentiate the curriculum for each pupil’s specific learning needs,
whilst also developing their social and emotional skills. The school is
proposed by a partnership between an existing Academy Trust and
a local Special school.
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