Sentences with phrase «for school places»

As demand for school places continues to rise, the versatility and immediacy of modular buildings is delivering cost savings to the education sector through shortened supply chains and a reduction in labour costs.

Why does the need for school places seem to come as a surprise for local authorities?

Apply for a school place, school transport or free school meals.

When registering for a school place for the first time, parents need to provide a council tax demand notice and recent utility bill.

The big question: to be or not to be, modular Off - site construction could provide the answer to easing the current pressure for school places.

Another source found that a third of respondents reported an increased demand for school places since becoming sponsored or converter academies.

The prime minister said «selection by house price» already existed for school places - and that there was no reason to block the wider use of selection by ability.

Opening new schools is the only way we are going to be able to meet the twin challenge of meeting rising demand for school places and improving educational standards across the country.

The Conservatives are proposing a «pupil premium», with funding for school places weighted toward disadvantaged children.

Whilst the last few years have seen a significant change in the role of the local education authority (LEA), successive governments have still seen fit to ensure the responsibility for school place planning still rests with the local authority.

Our research shows that with competition for school places remaining high, parents are making significant financial and lifestyle sacrifices to be within the catchment area of desirable schools.

But more fundamentally, if local authorities have the responsibility for school place planning but no ability to require academies to take more pupils, then there will not be the sufficient places we need.

A DfE spokesman said: «The fact that the proportion of appeals heard and upheld remains stable in the face of rising demand for school places shows the admissions system is working well.»

«At the same time as pupil numbers were booming, the last Labour government cut funding for school places by # 150m, scrapping almost 200,000 places,» he said.

that in 2015, Theresa May had wanted to use the Immigration Bill to require schools to check children's immigration status, and push the children of undocumented migrants to the back of the queue for school places.

A council spokesperson said councillors had given consideration to «the future demand for school places as well as the lack of alternative sites in the borough», and had agreed there were «exceptional circumstances to allow development in the green belt».

Lib Dems say the money is now being spent on free schools in areas where there is not a supply issue for school places.

The UK prioritises immigrants for school places and council homes and gives away healthcare for free.

When David Cameron was prime minister Ms Morgan had threatened to resign over the idea, which would have forced teachers to check the immigration status of children and put the children of illegal immigrants to the bottom of the list for school places.

And there was # 23billion for school places and school refurbishment.

With competition for school places set to intensify over the next decade, the government's recent proposal to relax admissions rules for new faith schools has been met with mixed responses.

«Government now needs to properly address the issue by committing to provide long term and sufficient funding for school places so that councils and schools can continue to successfully meet the need.»

By 2007 changing education patterns together with pressure for school places locally led Southwark Council to consider the redevelopment of the site.

The rising demand for school places means some pupils are attending a school far from home — sometimes with a lengthy morning commute, or working parents who find it difficult to pick the child up at the end of the school day.

Is this Government determined to waste money on a privatisation agenda, rather than do the more difficult job of planning sensibly for the school places where they are needed.

Hundreds of thousands of families in England have been finding out whether they have been successful in applications for school places.

Parents searching for school places for their children in England are used to scouring league tables for information.

The number of pupils with special educational needs waiting in limbo for school places has more than doubled, according to new figures.

«The reality is that demand for school places only continues to grow, but too many children do not have access to a good or outstanding school.»

The new money for school places comes on top of the government announcing a # 2bn Priority School Building Programme, which will fund 261 school rebuilding projects in England over five years.

The Department for Communities and Local Government said it would outline further details, including proposals for school places, «in due course».

Right from the beginning of that bold experiment I said the market would not provide for half a million teachers — which is what's needed — and it won't provide for school places at a time of a rapidly growing population.

FindASchool founder Ed Rushton said that looking for a school place could be very stressful and that parents could face a «confusing array» of different admissions rules.

The NFER's report found that although RSCs were not responsible for school place planning, the increasing pressure on school capacity provided «an important backdrop to their role», and was «likely to exacerbate their challenges».

That children being raised by siblings get the same priority for a school place as a child who has been in the care system;

There are different processes for applying for school places in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

There is an urgent need for school places, which the free school policy is simply failing to deliver.

The government said it had doubled funding for school places to # 5bn during the last parliament, creating half a million new school places since May 2010, with a further # 7bn committed to create more places over the next six years.

For more information about applying for a school place for a child with a Statement or EHCP, you must contact the Special Education Needs and Disabilities Team in your home borough.

«Buyers need to do their research as properties in catchment areas often come with a hefty price tag, especially in London where competition for school places is fierce.

A spokesman for Croydon Council said the borough currently had no plans for grammar schools and would meet increased demand for school places by expanding existing schools and opening new comprehensives.

And December brought us another nasty shock: leaked letters revealed that in 2015, Theresa May had wanted to use the Immigration Bill to require schools to check children's immigration status, and push the children of undocumented migrants to the back of the queue for school places.

However, in some areas this money is collected by a district council, which is the planning authority, rather than the county council, which has responsibility for school places, and can lead to poor co-ordination on school buildings.

«Councils want to ensure that at a time when there is huge pressure for school places that resources are prioritised so that mums and dads know their child will have access to a good school.»

«It should have been clear to senior civil servants that growing demand for school places, combined with a drive for schools to make efficiency savings, would only build pressure in the system.

There are areas of England where demand for school places is high because after years of lower pupil numbers coming through the system, a considerably larger cohort is now of school age.

In a new report on free schools, parliament's public accounts committee said such schools are expensive, and are not generally appearing in the areas of greatest demand for school places.