birminghammail--2020-04-04--Fears for Birmingham school places with city in need of 2,000 extra

Birmingham needs nearly 2,000 extra school places for September this year .
Based on school capacity surveys as of May 2019 , figures released by the Department for Education show Birmingham needs an estimated 1,852 extra school places by this September .
That number rises to 2,370 by September 2021 The figures take into account planned additional places - ones that councils already had firm plans to create in May last year .
That means more places may have since been planned to meet the need for extra places .
An estimated extra 1,210 primary places could be needed in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ secondary places needed .
Faster growing demand for secondary places - as an earlier baby boom grows up - means the need for extra places jumps by nearly 200 in a year to 792 by September 2021 As of May 2019 , Birmingham was set to add 3,005 more places ( either at existing schools or new ones ) for this September , with an extra 1,452 places in bulge classes .
However , they were also set to remove 1,200 places across the area .
In 2018/19 , 82 primary schools in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , affecting 728 pupils - although 213 schools had places to spare .
There were 26 secondary schools at or over capacity , affecting 890 pupils , with 61 schools with spare capacity .
According to the data provided on May 1 , 2019 and the analysis applied by the DfE , an estimated 34,108 primary places were needed across England in order to meet demand in September this year .
Alternatively , looking further ahead , an estimated 40,968 primary places are needed to meet demand for September 2021 .
At secondary @ @ @ @ @ @ @ needed in order to meet demand for this September , rising to 37,478 places needed by the following year .
Since 2010 , there has been a net increase of 1.0 million additional places , consisting of 669,000 primary places , and 334,000 secondary places .
The number of state-funded primary schools that were at or in excess of capacity decreased slightly to 3,340 schools ( 20 % ) in May 2019 from 3,520 schools ( 21 % ) in May 2018 .
This is the lowest number of primary schools operating at @ @ @ @ @ @ @ past decade .
For state-funded secondary schools , the number of schools that were at or in excess of capacity increased to 560 schools ( 17 % ) in May 2019 from 510 schools ( 15 % ) in May 2018 .
However , this is still significantly lower than the 930 secondary schools operating at or in excess of capacity in May 2010 .

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Birmingham needs nearly 2,000 extra school places for September this year.
Based on school capacity surveys as of May 2019, figures released by the Department for Education show Birmingham needs an estimated 1,852 extra school places by this September.
That number rises to 2,370 by September 2021
The figures take into account planned additional places - ones that councils already had firm plans to create in May last year.
That means more places may have since been planned to meet the need for extra places.
An estimated extra 1,210 primary places could be needed in Birmingham by this September, with 642 secondary places needed.
Faster growing demand for secondary places - as an earlier baby boom grows up - means the need for extra places jumps by nearly 200 in a year to 792 by September 2021
As of May 2019, Birmingham was set to add 3,005 more places (either at existing schools or new ones) for this September, with an extra 1,452 places in bulge classes.
However, they were also set to remove 1,200 places across the area.
In 2018/19, 82 primary schools in the area were at or over capacity, affecting 728 pupils - although 213 schools had places to spare.
There were 26 secondary schools at or over capacity, affecting 890 pupils, with 61 schools with spare capacity.
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According to the data provided on May 1, 2019 and the analysis applied by the DfE, an estimated 34,108 primary places were needed across England in order to meet demand in September this year.
Alternatively, looking further ahead, an estimated 40,968 primary places are needed to meet demand for September 2021.
At secondary level, an estimated 26,039 places are needed in order to meet demand for this September, rising to 37,478 places needed by the following year.
Since 2010, there has been a net increase of 1.0 million additional places, consisting of 669,000 primary places, and 334,000 secondary places.
The number of state-funded primary schools that were at or in excess of capacity decreased slightly to 3,340 schools (20%) in May 2019 from 3,520 schools (21%) in May 2018.
This is the lowest number of primary schools operating at or in excess of capacity during the past decade.
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For state-funded secondary schools, the number of schools that were at or in excess of capacity increased to 560 schools (17%) in May 2019 from 510 schools (15%) in May 2018.
However, this is still significantly lower than the 930 secondary schools operating at or in excess of capacity in May 2010.