She said: «Labour cut over 200,000 primary school places — and even ignored official warnings to
provide extra school places after a baby boom.
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.
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.
Not exact matches
The coalition has already announced measures to limit tax credits, scrap the Child Trust Fund, for the part - privatisation of Royal Mail, to scrap National Insurance increases for employers but maintain them for employees, cut by 10,000 the planned
extra university
places,
provide for a greater role for the private sector in «free
schools» and a «review» of all employment law to «maximise flexibility» amongst other measures.
With
schools up and down the country under pressure to
provide extra pupil
places, Jackie Maginnis from the MPBA explores how modular buildings can be the solution that the sector is searching for
The federal government has had a long interest in ensuring that its funds go to
providing extra services for
schools serving poor kids; the problem is that state and local budgeting practices have long meant that poor
schools in many
places get less money to begin with.
The government says that
providing more grammar
school places would give
extra opportunities for poorer pupils.
However,
extra places will also be made available for PE,
provided trainees have an A-level in an EBacc subject, so they're capable of teaching the subject when in
school.
A
school with a traditional structure that
provides clear standards and expectations may be a good choice for some children, while a
school that allows
extra freedom and
places more responsibility for learning on the child may work well for other children.
The quantity of teachers would also need to be increased, with an
extra 1.6 million needed to
provide enough primary
school places.