Approved Wave 12 schools

111 free schools in total creating 67,718 new school places:

• 18 schools in the East of England, creating 8,875 places
• 9 schools in the East Midlands, creating 8,105 places
• 7 schools in Yorkshire and the Humber, creating 4,006 places
• 2 schools in the North East, creating 204 places
• 5 schools in the North West, creating 4,610 places
• 27 schools in the South East, creating 15,429 places
• 15 schools in the South West, creating 7,721 places
• 12 schools in the West Midlands, creating 9,060 places
• 16 schools in London, creating 9,708 places

20 local authority areas also have been approved to each create a new special school for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities taking the total number of approvals to 131.

These will be created in Bedford, Blackpool, Bradford, Bristol, Cheshire East, Croydon, Doncaster, Enfield, Essex, Hampshire, Havering, Herefordshire, Hounslow, Manchester, Portsmouth, Redbridge, Sheffield, South Gloucestershire, Suffolk and Sunderland.