Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Answer of 4 March 2014 to Question 189394, what comparative assessment she has made of the value for money of (a) community schools other than academies and (b) free schools.

The government is satisfied that free schools continue to offer good value for money: one in four of the free schools inspected by Ofsted have been judged outstanding compared to one in five of all other schools. We are working towards at least 500 new free schools by the end of this parliament.