Tuesday, 3 September 2013

School place crunch in half of areas

Local councils say their hands have been tied over school places Almost half of England's school districts will have more primary pupils than places within two years, the Local Government Association (LGA) has said.

Some local areas will face a 20% shortfall in places by 2015, according to analysis of official data from 2012.
Rising birth rates began the squeeze but uncertainty over funds has made it worse, the LGA says.
The government says it has more than doubled funding for new school

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