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Two-thirds of special schools full or over capacity, new data shows

New data published after Schools Week investigations into bursting special school classrooms

DfE: 1 in 5 secondary schools full or over capacity

A population bulge is moving from the primary to secondary phase

More secondary schools full or over-capacity as population bulge moves through

The proportion of secondary schools that were full or over capacity increased last year, new data reveals. Department for Education statistics released this morning show 17 per cent of secondary schools were full or over-capacity in 2019, up from 15 per cent in 2017. In contrast, the proportion of full or over-capacity primary schools continued […]

Leicester must create 2,200 school places – in just one year

Some councils must expand their school capacity by 12 per cent in the next 18 months to meet demand for places, new figures suggest. The Department for Education (DfE) this week updated its local authority school places scorecards – documents that show how councils fare in their duties to create extra capacity and how many […]