Children are to be taught in temporary classrooms being put up at a secondary school in Nottingham which has run out of space to cope with demand. Nottingham City Council says the classrooms are needed at Bluecoat Wollaton Academy, and they will be in place for a two year period from September this year to September 2026.
The temporary structures will allow the school to take on an extra 300 pupils. The Labour-run authority says it has been working to invest in schools since 2017, including school expansions. “While we have anticipated this increase in demand, the actual pupil numbers have been even higher due to increased inward migration to the city, which has added to the pressure across all year groups. Councils have no powers to direct academies to expand.
“We have engaged all trusts and secondary academies across the city to reiterate the pressures and urge that they work with us to meet our statutory sufficiency duty and to avoid children being without a place.”
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