article_snippet: Mr Cameron will announce that The Tories will continue opening free schools – which are independent of local authority control.
article_snippet: the Tories will continue opening free schools – hope to set up 500 new free schools over the next Parliament and 270,000 new school places if re-elected.
article_snippet: Mr Cameron will go on to say that 49 free schools will open in September, adding:
article_snippet: ‘If you vote Conservative, you will see the continuation of the free schools programme at the rate you’ve seen in the last three years.
article_snippet: Free schools raise standards at poorly performing local schools, research has shown.