Sentences with phrase «need for more school places»

The Department of Education said 25 free schools are located in the most deprived 25 per cent of communities in the country, while the other 33 are in area where there is a need for more school places.

If the need for more school places is identified, options for best meeting the need are considered by a multi ‑ disciplinary team of officers taking account of the number of places required, location, property and site feasibility, cost, environmental issues, school effectiveness and any town planning constraints.

More than nine out of 10 free schools have been approved in areas where there was already a need for more schools places, and the rest have been created by local communities that decided they wanted more choice for their children.

74 % of open free schools are located in areas where there was a need for more school places and around half are in the 30 % most deprived communities in the country.

«We are not against free schools as long as they are in areas where there is a need for more school places and they represent value for money.

Since 2014, more than 80 % of mainstream free schools have been approved in areas where there was a need for more school places, while others are opened in response to parental demand to create competition and drive up standards where existing provision is not adequate.

More than 9 in 10 free schools have been approved in areas where a need for more school places has already been identified, and the remainder have been created by local communities deciding they wanted more choice.

76 % of open mainstream free schools up to September 2016 are located in areas where there was a need for more school places, and almost half are in the 30 % most deprived communities in the country.

The need for more school places in London has lately become more acute, and research by the Greater London Authority in February 2017 showed that an additional 60,000 primary places and 105,000 secondary places will be needed in the capital alone by 2020.