Sentences with phrase «extra school places»

It was rejected because there was no need for extra school places in the area.

And «half of districts with a high or severe forecast need for extra school places» have no application for primary school places.

Councils rely on free schools to create extra school places because they aren't generally allowed to open new schools themselves, though some authorities have complained about their being set up where there isn't demand for places.

The Conservatives blame Labour for the problem saying the party «cut over 200,000 primary school places - and even ignored official warnings to provide extra school places after a baby boom».

She said: «Labour cut over 200,000 primary school places — and even ignored official warnings to provide extra school places after a baby boom.

The funding was announced yesterday by education secretary Justine Greening, and aims to support the government's mission to create more the 600,000 extra school places by 2021.

They have faced opposition from Labour and the teachers» unions, who have accused the free - school project of failing to deliver extra school places where they are most needed.

A report from London Councils says there is a need for 113,000 extra school places in the capital in the next five years, which it says will need additional funding of # 1.5 bn.

The government has already committed # 7.35 billion to create extra school places, but the LGA say that this will still leave a shortfall.

Free schools are a form of academy school, independent of local authority control but funded entirely by the taxpayers, set up in response to local parental demand for extra school places or better schools.

With limited funding available to provide extra school places, and many existing schools in need of a major overhaul, there could not be a better time to look more closely at how excellent design can help the government's capital funding programme stretch as far as possible while delivering good outcomes.

Shadow education secretary Lucy Powell says that by just setting aside # 140m, the government has left a shortfall of # 560m — and this means that the chancellor will be forced to raid the money set aside for extra school places to make up the shortfall.

The National Audit Office has warned that a quarter of a million extra school places would be needed in England by autumn 2014.

With limited funding available to provide extra school places, and many existing schools in need of a major overhaul, now is the time to look more closely at how excellent design can help the government's capital funding programme stretch as far as possible, writes Emilia Plotka, RIBA's policy advisor.

She went on to say that the free schools will create the extra school places that children need and offer a «real choice, and a real diversity of schools».

He added: «We know that Department for Education officials warned that the free school meals plan, which effectively extends free school meals to children whose parents can already afford them, risked diverting money away from badly needed extra schools places or maintenance.»

In Eastbourne, 420 extra school places will be created by September 2016 and 98 places in Hastings.

A quarter of a million extra school places will be needed in England by autumn 2014 to meet rising demand, the National Audit Office has warned.

But Public Accounts Committee chairwoman Margaret Hodge said: «350,000 extra school places are needed by September 2015.

«We've already invested just over # 1bn in London this year and last to create extra school places and hundreds of millions of pounds will follow.»

Mr Twigg's comments come less than two weeks after the National Audit Office warned that a quarter of a million extra school places would be needed in England by autumn 2014.

Investment will help create 600,000 extra school places, as well as improve or expand thousands of school buildings.