Primary school places: Councils issue shortage warning
BBC News | Education & Family | Sean Coughlan, Education correspondent | 3 April 2015
Two in five council areas in England will not have enough primary school places for the number of children by September 2016, say council leaders.
The Local Government Association (LGA) says pressure from a rising population is reaching a “tipping point”.
Time was running out to avert a “national crisis” over a lack of places, it warned.
The rising number of pupils needing primary places has seen many schools having to expand and add extra classes, particularly in London and some of England’s major cities.
‘Run out of space’
The LGA now says that schools are “reaching their limits and could soon run out of space and money for extra places”.
It is warning that whoever forms the next government after the general election will have to tackle an escalating shortage of places.
