The contents of the budget Excel template and Excel application form are excluded from the page limit. Please include the name of your school in the file name for all Word and Excel templates. You also need to submit hard copies (of Sections A-G and the budget plans) by a guaranteed method such as Signed For’ ‘Recorded Post two hard copies to: Special Free Schools Team, Department for Education, Piccadilly Gate Store Street Manchester M1 2WD And one hard copy to the local authority. You may also hand deliver if you prefer. It is essential that the hard copies are identical to the version you email. Submitting Section I Section I, i.e. the Personal Information form, is required for each member, director, and principal designate who has not submitted forms within the past 365 days; together with a list of those members, directors, and principals designate who have submitted Section I forms within the past 365 days. These need to be submitted by email alongside a copy of Section A (from the Excel template) to stating the name of the school in the subject title. Data protection Personal data is collected on the Word and Excel templates 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 and the local authority are the data controllers for this personal information and for ensuring that it is processed in accordance with the terms of the Act. The data controllers 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.
The contents of the budget Excel template and Excel application form are excluded from the page limit. Please include the name of your school in the file name for all Word and Excel templates. You also need to submit hard copies (of Sections A-G and the budget plans) by a guaranteed method such as ‘Recorded Signed For’ Post two hard copies to: Special Free Schools Team, Department for Education, Piccadilly Gate Store Street Manchester M1 2WD And one hard copy to the local authority. You may also hand deliver if you prefer. It is essential that the hard copies are identical to the version you email. Submitting Section I Section I, i.e. the Personal Information form, is required for each member, director, and principal designate who has not submitted forms within the past 365 days; together with a list of those members, directors, and principals designate who have submitted Section I forms within the past 365 days. These need to be submitted by email alongside a copy of Section A (from the Excel template) to stating the name of the school in the subject title. Data protection Personal data is collected on the Word and Excel templates 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 and the local authority are the data controllers for this personal information and for ensuring that it is processed in accordance with the terms of the Act. The data controllers 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.