Early 2000s baby boom creating secondary school places crisis

A rise in the birth rate in the early 2000s means as many as 130,000 children are at risk of missing out on a secondary school place over the next five years.71 English councils (52%) may not be able to meet the need for 133,926 secondary school places.Councillor Anntoinette Bramble, chair of the LGA's children and young people board, said: "The reality is we face an emergency in secondary school places where the number of pupils is growing at a far faster rate than the number of places availabl