Recently appointed director of New Schools Network says government and industry must 鈥榯hink creatively鈥� to find solutions
The challenge of finding sites has been 鈥渢he single biggest brake on the progress of the free schools movement鈥�, according to the new director of free schools advisory group, the New Schools Network.
Natalie Evans said government and industry had to 鈥渢hink more creatively鈥� about the availability of sites for free schools, and said it was a 鈥渕ajor problem.鈥�
She said: 鈥淭he Education Funding Agency has been working very hard to identify suitable sites, but we need to be more creative about where schools can be set up 鈥� including building multi-storey schools rather than just having traditional two or three-storey blocks.鈥�
Evans 鈥� who was speaking as part of an interview published in 黑洞社区鈥檚 UK Education 2013-15 White Paper 鈥� took over day-to-day running of the New Schools Network this month from founder Rachel Wolf.
Wolf remains involved with the organisation as chair. She has taken up a role based in New York with Amplify, the education division of News Corporation.
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