New Market free school plans rejected

From Newmarket News (September): http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/Newmarket/Team-devastated-Newmarket-Free-School-project-will-not-go-ahead-20130925060001.htm 

..."project leader Julie Taylor said the team have dropped the bid as were told by the Department for Education there was “no basic need” for two secondary schools in Newmarket...

"Newmarket College announced last week it will become a sponsored academy in partnership with Samuel Ward Academy, in Haverhill. Principal Dr Bob Cadwalladr said: “I am relieved that we can focus on the future of Newmarket College and our school improvement journey in partnership with the Samuel Ward Academy Trust. Recent events have been divisive and Newmarket College would now very much like to see the whole community, including parents and prospective parents, supporting the College in its improvement measures and working together with us for the benefit of Newmarket’s young people.”