First, it should be buying up property and sites in areas where there is an absolute shortage of school places, either existing or projected. (schoolsweek.co.uk)
The report says: «Faced with the greatest shortage of school places in decades, too many of the UK's schools are past their life cycle and riddled with asbestos. (educationbusinessuk.net)
«There is a severe shortage of school places, yet this Government is sanctioning the opening of free schools in areas where there is no demand for additional places and eating up scarce funding in the process. (politics.co.uk)