Bellevue Place Education Trust

Bellevue Place Education Trust (BPET) is a British organisation formed in 2012 to operate primary Free Schools in London and South East.

[1][2] The Free Schools are financed on a non-profit basis via a master funding agreement with the Department for Education.

[1][2] It is a "private company limited by guarantee" The following year the trust opened its first state-funded free school, Rutherford House in Balham.

[8] Later in 2014 the Bellevue Place Education Trust obtained Government "pre-approval" to open four more free schools in London in 2015: Richmond Bridge Primary,[9] Kilburn Grange,[10] Halley House,[11] and Watling Park.

[18] The proposed location of Deer Park School led to opposition from some local residents who question the suitability of the chosen site.