The Independent: '...Michael Gove, has approved a plan to spend £45m on a free school (Harris Westminster Sixth Form), making it almost certainly the most expensive in the country even though it has just 500 students, The Independent has learnt' - The paper reports internal criticism and lists areas of underfunding.
The Independent pointed out: 'So far the Government has spent £743m on establishing 174 free schools for 80,000 pupils. Capital costs of securing premises have been almost double DfE predictions.'
Mentions:
Michael Gove
Margaret Hodge, chair of the Public Accounts Committee
Christine Blower, general secretary of the National Union of Teachers
Tristram Hunt.
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