Britain will be getting its first Greek Orthodox secondary school in September 2013.
Although the site for St Andrew the Apostle is yet to be approved, proposals include opening the school at Middlesex University’s Trent Park campus in Bramley Road.
The school was one of 28 secondary free schools to be accepted by the Department for Education on Friday, and will welcome 11 to 19-year-olds looking for education based on the Christian values of the Greek Orthodox faith.
“This is a once in a lifetime opportunity to open a school that serves the community in Barnet and Enfield as well as the wider Greek Orthodox community in North London,” said Classical Education Trust (CET) chairman, Yiannis Pareas.
“The long-term aim of the CET and RET is to ensure that a state funded school can increase the number of students from all backgrounds progressing to university and studying maths, sciences and the classical subjects.”