New analysis by the Local Government Association estimates that it will cost £12 billion to create sufficient places for the 900,000 extra pupils expected to start school in the next decade.
The LGA says that it fears ‘a tipping point’ when councils and schools will be unable to afford to create places, or find more space to extend schools.
It says that the Government’s commitment of £7.35 bn will leave a shortfall, and that councils are also carrying a billion pounds worth of costs, which puts pressure on other school services.
As well as shortages in funding from central Government, councils also find it difficult to create places on time and in the right areas because of too much bureaucracy, the association claims.
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