Newham moves to meet
growing demand on schools
Newham Council has been able to
offer more than 89 per-cent of pupils their first preference for
school placement in September and January, despite a marked
increase in the number of applications.
Statistics show that school entry numbers in Newham are
continuing to rise rapidly. There were 400 more applications than
last year.
Councillor Quintin Peppiatt, said the Council is working with
future growth in mind to ensure it can maintain this high level of
first preference placements.
He said: "While it's pleasing to see children being placed at
schools close to home, additional places are being provided at a
number of schools to ensure that we are able to continue this trend
for future years.
"This year Newham received 3801 applications from residents and
43 from residents outside the borough. We were able to give 3449 of
these applicants their first preference.
"As these numbers grow, we continue to pressure the Government
for additional funding to expand primary school placements across
the borough.