Saxmundham Free School will be a free, non-selective, all ability secondary school.

It will be an 11 - 16 school and will open in September 2012 with year groups 7, 8 & 9 (for children aged from 11 to 14). It will grow by a year group each year until September 2014, when years 7, 8, 9, 10 & 11 will be on roll.

Saxmundham Free School will be a Seckford Foundation school, and as such benefits from the Foundation's 400 years of expertise in education.

The Seckford Foundation's involvement will give Saxmundham Free School access to unrivalled educational expertise along with financial and administrative services.

Saxmundham Free School will be financed by the Department for Education and will be subject to Ofsted inspections for regulating standards.