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Set up by local parents. The founders say it is necessary in an area with a shortage of places and, despite the glitz around the Canary Wharf office complex, significant deprivation. The school will have "a Christian environment, welcoming children from different faiths and backgrounds".

One of the first eight free schools approved by Michael Gove, and backed by the Church of England, this is being set up in the hall and grounds of the institution from which its gets its name. The school says it has already had four applications for each of the 15 places on offer in the reception class, highlighting a shortage of school places locally.