Question follow-through · 27008

Free Schools: Dorking

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 29 November 2024 to Question 16109 on Free Schools: Dorking, what (a) reports and (b) surveys required to submit the planning application for Betchwood Academy the construction contrac

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Answering body: Department for Education
Tabled: 28 Jan 2025
Target answer date: 3 Feb 2025
Answer: 3 Feb 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

28 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 29 November 2024 to Question 16109 on Free Schools: Dorking, what (a) reports and (b) surveys required to submit the planning application for Betchwood Academy the construction contrac
3 Feb 2025
Target answer date
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3 Feb 2025
Answer published
The Mole Valley District Council decided not to contest the judicial review to award a decision notice to Betchwood Vale Academy and the authority submitted an application to the court to quash the planning application.The following reports were completed...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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Special Educational Needs: Transport

6 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing additional funding to local authorities for SEND transport for the 2025-26 financial year.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Special Educational Needs

2 Apr 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the accuracy of the education, health and care plan issuance process.

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Free Schools: Dorking

18 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure the timely delivery of Betchwood Vale Academy.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Department for Education: Correspondence

17 Jul 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she plans to respond to the letter from Fiona Davidson, dated 4 July 2025.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Special Educational Needs: Surrey

16 Sept 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her response is to the open letter from parents and carers of children and young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities in Surrey, delivered to her Department (a) physically on 16 July 2025

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Schools: Reform

10 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when her Department plans to publish the Schools White Paper.

Strong linkSame MP, department and exact heading

Free Schools: Dorking

29 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent steps she has taken to ensure the delivery of Betchwood Vale Academy.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Special Educational Needs

15 Dec 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to Measure What Matters' report entitled National Testimony Collection, published on 16 October 2025, what steps her Department is taking to address failures by local authorities to comply with g

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Members: Correspondence

7 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she plans to respond to the email of 18 December 2025 from the hon. Member for Dorking and Horley on Surrey County Council's management of their statutory SEND responsibilities.

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Schools: Children in Care

13 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will review section 1.37 of the School Admissions Code 2021 to assess the potential benefits of requiring all schools designated with a religious character to prioritise all looked-after and previously l

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Free Schools: Dorking

25 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to (a) her confirmation of 24 March 2026 that her Department accepts Surrey County Council’s decision to continue with FS0756 Betchwood Vale Academy, (b) the Answer of 3 February 2025 to Question

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Children in Care: Education

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