Mr Barry Sheerman – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mr Barry Sheerman on 2014-03-14.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of academy trusts have applied to open a free school.

Edward Timpson

There are 2,581 academy trusts in England. 207 (8%) of the free school applications submitted in application waves 1 to 5 have been submitted by, or have links to, academy trusts. Some academy trusts have applied a number of times.