Sentences with phrase «new primary school places»

Last year 95.9 % of parents received an offer at one of their top 3 preferred primary schools after the government created more than 400,000 new primary school places since 2010.

Not exact matches

It emerged this weekend only half the places in new primary schools opening this autumn have been filled.

The savings, we're told, are «equivalent to almost # 600 for each working household across Britain, enough to fund three million primary school places or the building of 500 new secondary schools.»

But no, as talk turned to rising class sizes in primary schools, and new schools being built in areas with surplus places, our leaders were catapulted into a classroom full to bursting with red - faced, Capri Sun - pumped, blue Smartie overdosing, sticky - suited schoolkids.

And we've seen incredible sums ploughed into pet projects - more than # 100 million spent on installing elected police commissioners — money that could have paid for 3,000 new police constables - # 600 million added to the free schools budget in November — money that could pay for the extra 100,000 primary school places we so desperately need - and # 1.8 billion set aside for the costs of NHS reorganisation — half of which would keep 6,000 nurses in post for three years

It would also mean # 7.6 bn of cuts to education, equivalent to 395,000 teachers, 393 new schools, or 2.8 million primary school places.

Immigration has swamped schools, leaving the taxpayer needing to find places «equivalent to building 27 new average - sized secondary schools or 100 new primary schools».

This was apparently the case with his plan to place a new emphasis on spelling and grammar in the primary school curriculum, which was trailed earlier this month.

The new international development secretary was a key figure in the leave campaign, criticising the government's record on immigration and warning that there was unsustainable pressure on primary school places.

The pressure to build Mark Robinson, Scape Group chief executive, comments: «As the growth of the primary school population gathers pace, the pressure on school places will soon transfer to the secondary population, requiring a new wave of advanced school building.

Successful school expansions Having identified a need for more primary places in east and central Hertford based on forecast demand and projections from the Office of National Statistics 2011 census, Hertfordshire County Council looked at numerous sites and existing primary schools to see where new places could be best delivered.

A # 5.6 million project to provide a new building for the 480 - place Pyrford Primary School near Woking has started on site.

It can not make sense for the government to continue to prioritise money for new free schools in areas with surplus school places when we have more than 100,000 primary pupils being taught in classes of more than 30.»

NEW SURROUNDINGS The # 5 million Whitmore Park project comprises a new build primary school for 630 pupils with a 39 - place nurseNEW SURROUNDINGS The # 5 million Whitmore Park project comprises a new build primary school for 630 pupils with a 39 - place nursenew build primary school for 630 pupils with a 39 - place nursery.

Richard Lee Primary School head teacher Carol Brammer said: «Our long awaited new school building gives us a great place for our children to learn and for teachers to School head teacher Carol Brammer said: «Our long awaited new school building gives us a great place for our children to learn and for teachers to school building gives us a great place for our children to learn and for teachers to teach.

Says Karen Hawkins School Business Manager at The Orion Primary School: «With the continuing addition of new learning facilities across our site, we recognised that we needed to have measures in place to maintain integrated security.

Richard Lee Primary School Headteacher Carol Brammer said: «Our long awaited new school building gives us a great place for our children to learn and for teachers to School Headteacher Carol Brammer said: «Our long awaited new school building gives us a great place for our children to learn and for teachers to school building gives us a great place for our children to learn and for teachers to teach.

But 71,000 — one in five — of the new places created by expanding primary schools in the last five years has been in a school judged to be Requires Improvement or Inadequate by Ofsted.

«In March it was decided that the additional primary school places to serve the developments should be provided in the form of a new Primary Academy from September 2018 and, as a result, work should commence to secure an academy sprimary school places to serve the developments should be provided in the form of a new Primary Academy from September 2018 and, as a result, work should commence to secure an academy sPrimary Academy from September 2018 and, as a result, work should commence to secure an academy sponsor.

Alistair Gaw, City of Edinburgh Council's acting executive director of communities and families, said: «We have responded to concerns raised by some parents and new arrangements for Oxgangs P6 and P7 pupils have been put in place within a primary school environment at Niddrie Mill Pprimary school environment at Niddrie Mill PrimaryPrimary.

Additionally, the REAch2 Academy Trust is set to open a further 22 schools by 2020, providing over 20,000 additional primary places, and the Harris Federation will open three new secondaries and a primary school.

Speaking at the opening of Ysgol Cybi, a new 540 place Welsh medium primary school in Holyhead delivered by # 9.7 million of Band A funding, education secretary Kirsty Williams said:

It claims councils have so far created an extra 300,000 primary school places but will face a new challenge as pupils reach secondary level.

Coopers Edge Primary School in Gloucestershire is a 420 ‑ place 2FE Primary School on a greenfield site, and is part of a new community development in Coopers Edge.

With the UK experiencing the largest increase in demand for primary school places since the 1950s, it is estimated that in the next two years, 250,000 new places will be needed in primary schools — 37 per cent in London alone.

The new primary school will accommodate 630 pupils, along with a 39 - place nursery and children's centre on the site.

The # 5 million Whitmore Park project comprises a new build primary school for 630 pupils with a 39 - place nursery.

A pioneering secondary school in Birmingham is to open a new # 3.5 million primary school in a bid to tackle a shortage of places in the city.

The government says it put # 5bn into creating new places in the last parliament and would spend another # 7bn over the next six years in response to the steep rise in pupil numbers now affecting both primary and secondary school.

In addition, 420,000 new school places will be needed by 2021, many in secondary schools where provision is more expensive than at primary level.

The new schools are being announced at a time of growing demand for school places, with a rising population at both primary and secondary levels.

But Natalie Evans, director of New Schools Network, said: «Over 90 % of primary free schools opened or approved to open are in areas where new school places are needNew Schools Network, said: «Over 90 % of primary free schools opened or approved to open are in areas where new school places are Schools Network, said: «Over 90 % of primary free schools opened or approved to open are in areas where new school places are schools opened or approved to open are in areas where new school places are neednew school places are needed.

As we embark upon a new academic year at Battle Primary Academy, it is an opportunity to, once again, reflect upon the changes that have taken place at the school since our January 2013 conversion.

It is also relaxing building regulations so that new schools can occupy a smaller space - secondary schools by 15 % and primary schools by 5 % - but the DfE says this has nothing to do with the shortage of places.

The report shows that in half of all districts with high or severe need for new places the Department for Education received no applications to open primary free schools.

Shadow schools minister Kevin Brennan said: «David Cameron and Michael Gove should be delivering for children but instead they're ignoring the crisis in primary places and setting up new schools where there is already a surplus of school places.

David Simmonds, chairman of the LGA's children and young people board, said: «As children move through primary school, securing new secondary places will become a significant issue.

The intention to give these schools a waiver from having to hire off the must - place list was announced by Interim Superintendent Vivian Ekchian at a school board committee meeting last month that presented a new «Student Equity Need Index,» which the board then adopted as a primary funding model for the district to ensure dollars designated for the highest - needs students actually reach them.

It comes as new government figures show that almost 735,000 additional school places have been created since 2010 - with 92 % of new primary places and 89 % of new secondary places created in schools rated as «good» or «outstanding» by Ofsted in 2015 to 2016.

Academy presumption competition to sponsor a new 630 place (3 FE) primary school on Rochdale Road, Oldham.

The rule is often flouted; last year, research by the New Schools Network, a charity which helps establish new free schools, revealed that 71,000 primary and 42,746 secondary places had been set up in schools rated «inadequate» or «requires improvement» in the previous five yeaNew Schools Network, a charity which helps establish new free schools, revealed that 71,000 primary and 42,746 secondary places had been set up in schools rated «inadequate» or «requires improvement» in the previous fiveSchools Network, a charity which helps establish new free schools, revealed that 71,000 primary and 42,746 secondary places had been set up in schools rated «inadequate» or «requires improvement» in the previous five yeanew free schools, revealed that 71,000 primary and 42,746 secondary places had been set up in schools rated «inadequate» or «requires improvement» in the previous fiveschools, revealed that 71,000 primary and 42,746 secondary places had been set up in schools rated «inadequate» or «requires improvement» in the previous fiveschools rated «inadequate» or «requires improvement» in the previous five years.

As a result, middle and high school textbooks written for earlier generations with stronger academic backgrounds might have proved too challenging for the new cohort.39 In addition, researchers likely placed more emphasis on primary school readability in the 1920s when the prevailing approach to reading instruction shifted from a phonic approach to a sight - word approach, which required easier vocabulary.40