Claim: Around half of free schools are in the 30% most deprived communities in the country.
Fact-check: How many free schools are in deprived communities? - Full Fact
Verdict: based on the available data , just under 45% of open mainstream free schools are. around half of free schools are in the 30% most deprived communities in the country.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Amy Sippitt
Date published: 2015-09-02T00:00:00