Nursery World - Government sets up new company to create more free schools

The Government has launched a company to purchase and develop sites for new free schools.

The new public property company, LocatED, has been established to acquire land and buildings across the country to help the Government achieve its target of building 500 new free schools by 2020, and create 600,000 new school places by 2021.

It will also secure sites to help deliver an extra 110 free schools announced in the Spring Budget.

According to the Department for Education, LocatED will act on behalf of the Government to secure the ‘right sites’ at the ‘right price’.

Schools systems minister Lord Nash said, ‘Part of the Government’s plan for Britain is building a fairer society, with a good school place for every child. Free schools are playing a vital role in creating those school places. They are popular with parents, ensuring thousands more families have the choice of a good local school.

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