The Government has announced a further 38 new free schools have been approved to open. The majority are expected to open their doors in September 2015, with half due to be set up in the most deprived communities in England.
The general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers Dr Mary Bousted has claimed the DfE has "overspent its free schools budget by £1bn".
A Department for Eduation spokesman said: "We have made an additional £5 billion of funding available in this Parliament alone to councils to create new school places - double the amount spent by the previous government over the same period. This is in addition to the budget for free schools."
A split set up this Sunday
Several Britons are dead after a serious crash in Al Khalas, a settlement roughly 30 miles north of the holy site of Mecca.
So-called Islamic State said they were behind the attack that targeted people receiving their national identification cards.