‘Pressure’ over 15,000 shortfall in school places

This includes six new ones across Yorkshire, bringing the total in the region to 12.

Of the 93 schools opening this month 35 are primaries, 42 are secondaries, 11 are all-age schools and five will cater for 16 to 19-year-olds.

Two of the new schools are planned in Leeds, a new Jewish High School in Alwoodley and the Khalsa Science Academy, a primary school with a science specialism and a Sikh ethos.

Free schools are a flagship measure of the coalition Government. They are schools set up from scratch by groups including parents, teachers and charities.