Free school (England)

This article is about the education policy in England. For other uses, see Free school (disambiguation).

Michaela Community School is a free school with sixth form in London.

A free school in England is a type of academy established since 2010 under the Cameron–Clegg government's free school policy initiative.[1] From May 2015, usage of the term was formally extended to include new academies set up via a local authority competition.[2] Like other academies, free schools are non-profit-making, state-funded schools which are free to attend but which are mostly independent of the local authority.[3][a]

  1. ^ "2010 to 2015 government policy: academies and free schools". GOV.UK. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
  2. ^ "The free school presumption" (PDF). Gov.uk. Department for Education. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
  3. ^ Harrison, Angela (26 May 2010). "What will make a school 'free'?". BBC News. Retrieved 26 May 2010.


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