Question follow-through · 58888
Sixth Form Education: Basildon
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to support the expansion of academic Sixth Form provision in Basildon.
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 10 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 12 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 18 Jun 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
10 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to support the expansion of academic Sixth Form provision in Basildon.
12 Jun 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
18 Jun 2025
Answer published
Proposed changes to mainstream sixth form provision need to improve choice and attainment for all pupils and be able to demonstrate a clear need for additional post-16 places. Academies wishing to expand their sixth forms can do so by applying to the depa...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Schools: Violence
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