Academies 'making shortage of school places worse'

Capital City Academy school in north-west London. Photograph: Martin Argles for the GuardianRapid expansion of the government's academy and free school programme has exacerbated a chronic shortage of places for children, the House of Commons' spending watchdog has warned.Local authorities' inability to force publicly funded but independent schools to expand has meant that struggling direct-maintained schools could be forced to squeeze in more pupils, the public accounts committee has

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