article_snippet: An extra 500 free schools will be opened by 2020 under a Conservative government, Cameron said.
article_snippet: William Hulme Grammar School, in grounds of 25 acres, currently has 538 pupils, of whom 139 are boarders.
article_snippet: As a state school William Hulme Grammar School will expand to 1,200 children, with boarders dropping slightly to around 110.
article_snippet: The new plan to open at least 500 of the schools by 2020 mean an extra 270,000 places.
article_snippet: That means, over the next parliament, we hope to open at least 500 new free schools resulting in 270,000 new school places. '
highlights_snippet: Cameron said there would be 500 more free schools by the end of 2020 .
  
highlights_snippet: Comes on top of more than 400 opened under the coalition government .
  