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<p>Free school applicants are invited to describe the nature of their group; most
will describe the group in terms of the schools they already have, for example, a
multi-academy trust or a chain of free schools. Some groups will use terms such as
a group of parents or teachers.</p><p>There are a number of free schools that have
strong business links but only the Cathedral Free School in Liverpool has described
itself as business-led.</p><p>As faith free school applicants may use a variety of
terms to describe their group, the table below provides a breakdown of applications
approved into the pre-opening phase by the faith designation of the school (b)-(d),
with (e) being applications approved into the pre-opening phase with no faith designation.
“Other faith designations” includes Christian schools where the denomination has not
been specified.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Muslim faith Designation</p></td><td><p>Church
of England faith Designation</p></td><td><p>Roman Catholic faith designation</p></td><td><p>Other
faith designations</p></td><td><p>Other free schools</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010
(Wave 1)</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">3</del>
<ins class="ministerial">4</ins></p></td><td><p>19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011 (Waves
1 and 2)</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">7</del>
<ins class="ministerial">6</ins></p></td><td><p>61</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012 (Wave
3)</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>85</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013
(Wave 4)</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>89</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014
(Waves 5, 6 and 7)</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>72</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015
(Waves 8, 9, and free school presumptions)</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>63</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016
(Waves 10, 11, and free school presumptions)</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>143</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p>Not all applications approved into the pre-opening phase go on to open as schools.
Some projects are deferred, withdrawn or cancelled, and some schools have closed.
Deferral or cancellation can be for a variety and sometimes a combination of reasons,
but overall it will have been because the department did not believe the free school
trust was ready to open a free school offering a good or better education.</p><p>Contributory
factors include a lack of site or building, insufficient pupil recruitment, under-developed
leadership and/or governance arrangements. In each case, decisions will have been
based on the progress of the project or school, and will have balanced the risk of
opening on the original date, or remaining open, against all the elements needed to
be in place for a successful school.</p><p>In the case of open free schools, they
will have closed because they were not delivering a good or better education.</p><p><strong><br
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