Post-16 Provision - What is available?
This week’s blog will cover some of the level 3 options and opportunities available to students at post-16. This will include a brief...
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Sandro Sereno
Apr 12, 20233 min read
What Does a New Special School Mean for its Community?
This blog will examine the enormous impact a new Special free school can have on pupils and the wider community and includes an exclusive...
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Imogen Phillips
Mar 31, 20232 min read
Create: Schools Monthly News Round-Up
Our monthly Free Schools Round Up will provide you with last month’s education headlines, featuring key updates on each of the free...
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Imogen Phillips
Mar 16, 20232 min read
Free School Funding
This blog will focus on various funding and finance aspects of the free school process. This will include a discussion on how free...
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Imogen Phillips & Hayden Radford
Mar 14, 20233 min read
The Free School Financial Template
The free school financial template can seem a daunting task at first, however, it doesn't have to be. Below we have included a breakdown...
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Imogen Phillips
Mar 3, 20233 min read
Create: Schools Monthly News Round-Up
Our monthly Free Schools Round-Up will provide you with education news from the last month, featuring key updates on the individual free...
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Charlotte Reece
Feb 23, 20233 min read
DfE Free School Interviews – Guidance for applicants
Through this blog, we will outline the vital guidance and typical considerations for the interview stage of the free school process.
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Create: Schools
Feb 3, 20232 min read
Create: Schools Monthly News Round-Up
Our monthly Free Schools Round Up will provide you with education news from the last month, featuring key updates on the individual free...
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Imogen Phillips
Feb 1, 20233 min read
Alternative Provision - Navigating Partnerships
This week’s blog will focus on working effectively in partnerships for Alternative Provision (AP) proposers. Through the AP wave,...
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Charlotte Reece
Jan 4, 20233 min read
Preparing for Free School Pre-opening
With the Wave 15 deadline already feeling like a distant memory, the team at Create: Schools are starting to think about the next key...
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Imogen Phillips
Dec 6, 20223 min read
Create: Schools Monthly News Round-Up
Our monthly news roundup will provide you with an insight into education news highlights from the last month, featuring key updates on...
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Imogen Phillips
Nov 17, 20223 min read
Community Engagement in your Free School Application
As part of the DfE’s application guidance, you are expected to evidence engagement with the local community through your free school...
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Charlotte Reece
Oct 12, 20223 min read
Create: Schools Monthly News Round-Up
Our monthly Free Schools Round-Up provides you with education news from the last month, featuring key updates on the individual free...
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Charlotte Reece
Sep 22, 20223 min read
Your School's Vision
This week’s blog focuses on one of the most important elements of any free school application - the vision. The tips below can be applied...
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Gavin Macdonald
Aug 26, 20225 min read
Useful Data Sources for your Free School Application
As we come to the end of the summer break, applicants will be gearing up to put pen to paper and begin writing their free school...
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Yashna Smart
Aug 22, 20222 min read
Free School Waves: The State of Play
With a couple of checkpoints already passed in the current free school waves but the majority still out in front, we thought this would...
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Yashna Smart
Aug 19, 20224 min read
Alternative Provision: Identifying and Forming a Partnership
For the first time, opening a new Alternative Provision (AP) free school has been granted its own separate wave by the Department for...
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Charlotte Reece
Aug 12, 20223 min read
Top Tips for Writing your Free School Application
Writing your free school application can seem like a daunting process. For this reason, we have provided six top tips for writing a...
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Charlotte Reece
Aug 8, 20222 min read
Create: Schools' Monthly News Round-up
Our monthly Free Schools Round Up will provide you with education news from the last month, featuring key updates on the individual free...
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Gavin Macdonald
Aug 5, 20224 min read
Wave 15: Developing a Need Case
15 mainstream schools will be approved in the next free school wave and evidencing the need for the new school will be vital to ensure a...
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