Sherwood, you're probably right about the Free School, but the point is that the local children would be served much better if this space was given to one of the excellent local schools (Fairlawn or Horniman), to take the benefit of their vast experience to bring another good quality school to the area. Unfortunately, Free schools aren't always the answer, as parents aren't the experts when it comes to running schools (myself included in that statement!)

However, that would involve local government agreement (rather than the national decision for the Free School). And that's where things fall down...