Consultation on creating “more good school places”

On 12 September 2016, the Department for Education (DfE) launched a consultation on proposals to create "more good school places".

The proposals include:

• Allowing existing selective schools to expand, and new selective schools to open, while ensuring they support non-selective schools
• Allowing new faith free schools to select up to 100% of their pupils based on their faith, while ensuring they include pupils from different backgrounds
• Expecting independent schools to support existing state schools, open new state schools or offer funded places to children whose families cannot afford to pay fees
• Asking universities to commit to sponsoring or setting up new schools in exchange for being able to charge higher fees

The DfE has published a consultation document with more information on the proposals.

The consultation closes on 12 December 2016.