News in haste:
Paces has today been invited by DfE to the next stage, to attend for interview on 15th August, in our application to open a Free School.
The news we were all waiting for: Paces has passed the initial vetting stage of the process to open a Special Free School. We are delighted that DfE have invited us to attend an interview as the next part of our assessment process. The interview will give us the chance to demonstrate in person to an expert panel our vision, motivation and ability run a Free School.
The panel will be made up of senior DfE officials plus advisers from education, finance, business and, because ours is a Special Free School application, a local authority representative.
Following the interview, DfE will decide if our proposal should move on to the final financial planning stage.