Free Schools in 2013 Application form Special Free Schools Completing your application Before completing your application, please ensure that you have read the ‘How to Apply’ guidance for special Free Schools carefully (which can be found here) and can provide all the information and documentation we have asked for – failure to do so may mean that we are unable to consider your application. The Free School application is made up of nine sections as follows: • Section A: Applicant details & declaration • Section B: Outline of the school • Section C: Education vision • Section D: Education plan • Section E: Evidence of demand & marketing • Section F: Capacity & capability • Section G: Initial costs & financial viability • Section H: Premises • Section I: Due Diligence & other checks In sections A-H we are asking you to tell us about you and the school you want to establish and this template has been designed for this purpose. The boxes provided in each section will expand as you type. Section G requires you to provide two financial plans. To achieve this you must fill out and submit the templates provided here. Section I is about your suitability to run a special Free School. There is a separate downloadable form for this information. This will be available from 28 November, here. You need to submit all the information requested in order for your application to be assessed. Sections A-H and the financial plans need to be submitted to the Department for Education by the application deadline. You need to submit one copy (of each) by email to: <Redacted>. If there is any additional information that you wish to submit as part of your application please add it to the annexes section at the end of this template. Please bear in mind that your email must be smaller than 20MB. Please do not include photographs, images and logos in your application. You also need to submit two hard copies (of sections A-H and the financial 2 plans) by ‘Recorded Signed For’ post to: <Redacted> Department for Education <Redacted> <Redacted> <Redacted> London <Redacted> It is essential that the hard copies are identical to the version you email. Section I must be submitted in hardcopy and sent by ‘Recorded Signed For’ post to: <Redacted> Department for Education <Redacted> <Redacted> <Redacted> London <Redacted> Data Protection Personal data is collected on this form in order to consider an application to set up a Free School and will not be used for other purposes. For the purposes of the Data Protection Act, the Department for Education is the data controller for this personal information and for ensuring that it is processed under the terms of the Act. The Department will hold all personal information you supply securely and will only make it available to those who need to see it as part of the Free School application process. All personal information supplied in these forms will only be retained for as long as it is needed for this process. 3 Application Checklist Main contact for this application 1 Name: <Redacted> 2 Address: <Redacted> The St Marylebone Church of England School <Redacted> London <Redacted> 3 Email address: <Redacted> 4 Telephone number: <Redacted> About your group 5 Please Parent/community group state Teacher-led group how you Non-maintained special school would Independent school describe Academy sponsor – see note at ‘6’ below your group: Other 6 If Other, please provide more details: The Group is led by The St Marylebone Church of England School, a mainstream secondary Academy with a well established SEN specialism. This Academy Trust will also operate the The St Marylebone Bridge School, the proposed special free school. The two schools will forge close links and the special school will benefit hugely from expertise within the mainstream school which is rated Outstanding by Ofsted. 7 Has your group submitted Yes more than one Free School No application in this round? 8 If yes, please provide more details: 9 In addition to any Yes support/advice from the No New Schools Network, did you put this application together with support from another company or organisation? 10 If Yes, please list the name(s) of the organisation(s) and describe clearly the role they played in developing your application. Please also describe the role (if any) you envisage for them in setting up and/or running the Free School if your application is successful: The Group has consulted with the London Diocesan Board for Schools (LDBS) and Westminster City Council (WCC). Both organisations are fully supportive of this proposal as both are acutely aware that there is very high demand for Speech and Language 4 specialist education in and immediately around the Westminster area. Current provision falls substantially below what is needed to satisfy that demand. A new special free school will address that shortfall and provide access to an appropriate and significantly more cost effective solution for the education of children with special educational needs (SEN). The St Marylebone Church of England School is one of only a few mainstream schools in the country with SEN specialism. Given this established expertise, both LDBS and WCC consider the existing school to be an ideal vehicle to support the formation and growth of a new special free school. LDBS have advised as to an appropriate legal and governance structure as set out in Section F6. In particularly several discussions and meetings have take place with <Redacted> of <Redacted> in this regard and also in respect of likely feasibility of proposed sites and capital funding thereof. Being a member of the Academy Trust Company, we expect LDBS to continue a very close relationship with the Special Free School in terms of its operation, governance and ethos in a similar way as it has provided the mainstream school for many years. Westminster City Council will have a vested interest in the Special School once it is open as the majority of pupils at the school will derive from Westminster. <Redacted> solicitors have assisted us in drafting a Scheme of Delegation (attached in an appendix to this bid). This sets out much detail as to how the governance structure will work. Subject to proper procurement and value for money considerations, it is hope that this relationship can continue once the school, is open. The mainstream school is affiliated to the Woodard Corporation, comprising of the Woodard Schools and the Woodard Academies Trust. <Redacted>, <Redacted>, has been consulted in respect of the suitability of various multi-academy structures and has assisted in developing the proposed legal and governance structure for the Special School. Details of company limited by guarantee 11 Company name: The St Marylebone Church of England School 12 Company address: <Redacted> London <Redacted> 13 Company registration number: 7719620 14 Does the company run any Yes existing schools, including any Free Schools? 5 15 If Yes, please provide details: The St Marylebone Bridge School (the proposed Special Free School) will operate alongside The St Marylebone Church of England School (the mainstream school), both schools operating under the same Academy Trust Company but with separate funding agreements. Company members The members of the company are its legal owners. We require that there are a minimum of three members. The founding members are those that establish the company and sign the memorandum of association that is submitted (with the company's articles of association) when registering the company with Companies House. Further members may subsequently be appointed. 16 Please confirm the total number of company members: Three members. 17 Please provide the name of each member below (add more rows if necessary): 1. Name: <Redacted>. Currently: <Redacted> 2. Name: <Redacted>. Currently: <Redacted> <Redacted> <Redacted> 3. Name: <Redacted> 4. Name: 5. Name: 6. Name: 6 Company directors The company directors are appointed by the members and will eventually form the governing body that will oversee the management of the special Free School. At the point of setting up the company, members are required to appoint at least one director – this may be one of the members. All directors at the point of application must complete a Section I personal information form. All individuals on the governing body must be formally appointed as directors of the company and registered with Companies House. 18 Where directors have already been appointed please provide the name of each and positions they will hold (add more rows if necessary): As the Academy Trust Company already operates a school, all of the Governors of that School are currently Directors. All of the Directors that follow are therefore the current Governors of the mainstream school. However, if the Special School is approved and the Academy Trust Company is operating both the mainstream and special schools, it is unlikely that all Governors will also be Directors of the Company. It is envisaged that the foundation governors of the existing mainstream school and the Executive Headteacher will form the Board of Directors, exercising control over both schools (See Section F6 for further details). Consequently not all of the Directors below will necessarily continue as Directors if the Special School progresses. 1. Name: <Redacted>, <Redacted> 2. Name: <Redacted>, <Redacted> 3. Name: <Redacted>, <Redacted> 4. Name: <Redacted>, <Redacted> 5. Name: <Redacted>, <Redacted> 6. Name: <Redacted>, <Redacted> 7. Name: <Redacted>, <Redacted> 8. Name: <Redacted>, <Redacted> 9. Name: <Redacted>,