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<p>The Spring Budget confirmed plans for 15 additional special free schools. An announcement
on the location of these schools will be made by May 2024.</p><p>The department received
a large number of high-quality applications from local authorities through the most
recent special free schools application round. In March 2023, the department approved
33 new special free schools.</p><p>The Spring Budget announcement means that the department
can now go further, by considering more high-quality applications that were not able
to be approved at the time. Therefore, the department does not currently plan to invite
new local authority applications for this wave.</p>
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