Question follow-through · 78370
Free Schools: Oldham
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent progress her Department has made on considering the application for the proposed new Eton State sixth form college in Oldham.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 10 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 14 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 21 Oct 2025 · 11 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
10 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent progress her Department has made on considering the application for the proposed new Eton State sixth form college in Oldham.
14 Oct 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
21 Oct 2025
Answer published
The department recognises the need for trusts, local authorities and Members of Parliament to have certainty about projects as soon as possible, and we will provide them with an update on next steps in due course.We have engaged with trusts, local authori...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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