{"id":1230,"date":"2013-12-20T12:12:39","date_gmt":"2013-12-20T12:12:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/helpmeinvestigate.com\/education\/?p=1230"},"modified":"2021-10-18T08:25:16","modified_gmt":"2021-10-18T08:25:16","slug":"how-to-find-out-about-pupil-shortages-in-local-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/helpmeinvestigate.com\/education\/2013\/12\/how-to-find-out-about-pupil-shortages-in-local-schools\/","title":{"rendered":"How to: find out about pupil place shortages in local schools"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"float: right;\" ><a class=\"twitter-share-button\"  data-via=\"\" data-count=\"none\" data-related=\"mohanjith:S H Mohanjith\" data-lang=\"en\" data-url=\"http:\/\/helpmeinvestigate.com\/education\/2013\/12\/how-to-find-out-about-pupil-shortages-in-local-schools\/\" data-text=\"How to: find out about pupil place shortages in local schools\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?via=&#038;count=none&#038;related=mohanjith%3AS%20H%20Mohanjith&#038;lang=en&#038;url=http%3A%2F%2Fhelpmeinvestigate.com%2Feducation%2F2013%2F12%2Fhow-to-find-out-about-pupil-shortages-in-local-schools%2F&#038;text=How%20to%3A%20find%20out%20about%20pupil%20place%20shortages%20in%20local%20schools\" >Tweet<\/a><\/span>In some places of the UK primary school pupils are expected to rise by up to a fifth in the next few years, with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/education\/2013\/dec\/18\/michael-gove-extra-funding-new-classrooms-baby-boom\">new funding announced this week<\/a> to help local authorities cope with the rise.<\/p>\n<p>But if you want to find out more about the demands on school places in your own area, how do you go about it?<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>One key phrase to search for is &#8220;<strong>Pupil place plan<\/strong>&#8221; &#8211; this is the jargon used to refer to how local councils plan for changing demands on school places. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thurrock.gov.uk\/sites\/default\/files\/assets\/documents\/consult_pupilplace_201210.pdf\">Here, for example, is the Pupil Place Plan for 2013-17 for Thurrock (PDF)<\/a>, which describes the changing local birthrate and how they expect provision in primary schools and early years education to change.<\/p>\n<p>Another phrase is &#8220;<strong>School place planning<\/strong>&#8220;. Here&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/ww5.swindon.gov.uk\/moderngov\/mgConvert2PDF.aspx?ID=46525\">one example of a report from Swindon<\/a> produced for the\u00a0<strong>Children and Young People Overview and Scrutiny Committee<\/strong> &#8211; the part of the council which scrutinises how education is delivered.<\/p>\n<p>Note that <strong>free schools and academies are not under local authority control<\/strong> &#8211; they are overseen by the Department for Education.<\/p>\n<p>Data on school capacity is published by the Department for Education under <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/collections\/statistics-school-capacity\">Statistics: school capacity<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The DfE also <a href=\"http:\/\/www.education.gov.uk\/schools\/adminandfinance\/schooladmissions\/net\">publishes details on how school capacity is measured here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Some <a href=\"http:\/\/fullfact.org\/factchecks\/shortage_primary_school_places-29177\">background on the anticipated shortage in primary school places is available on FullFact<\/a>, which fact-checks media reports.<\/p>\n<p>If you know of any other sources of information on school places, please let us know.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TweetIn some places of the UK primary school pupils are expected to rise by up to a fifth in the next few years, with new funding announced this week to help local authorities cope with the rise. 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