Departmental advice http://www.education.gov.uk/f00209212/academy-free-school-presumption/education-act-2011 2013-05-17T14:49:02 The Education Act 2011 Education Act 2011 Information about section 37 of the Education Act (EA) and the process for establishing new schools. <![CDATA[<p> 4.&nbsp;Section 37 of EA 2011 introduces schedule 11, which makes a number of changes to the process for establishing new schools. In particular, it introduces new section 6A of EIA 2006 which sets out the academy/Free School presumption. It makes changes to the existing school competition arrangements (amended section 7 of EIA 2006) and removes the need for local authorities and other proposers to seek the Secretary of State&rsquo;s consent before publishing proposals for certain types of new maintained schools (amended sections 10 and 11 of EIA 2006).</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> ]]> false Bursar Governor Headteacher Local authority Education and training professionals Department for Education English