The start of the new academic year has brought with it renewed warnings about an impending crisis in secondary school places – with half of England’s councils sounding the alarm.
The Local Government Association (LGA) says that 49 per cent of councils are “at risk of being unable to meet rising demand for secondary school places within the next five years”.
The number of students in England’s state-funded secondary schools increased by 29,670 in the last year. It is the third year in a row that rolls have increased – and with primary school numbers also continuing to rise, secondary schools can expect further increases in the coming years.
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