Academies are worst cases in unfilled spaces in Basildon

The Echo:
 http://www.echo-news.co.uk/news/10875976.Thousands_of_unfilled_school_places_revealed/


"The statistics, obtained by the Echo from Essex County Council, reveal a total of 1,881 unfilled places in the ten secondary schools in Basildon, Billericay and Wickford. Latest forecasts predict this could reach 2,014 next year. The two Basildon Academies alone have a total of 1,501 empty desks between them, with the Upper Academy almost halfempty, with 733 pupils in the 1400- place school. At the Lower Academy, 516 of the 1,350 places are vacant. The New Campus Basildon Studio School, which opened in September, has 242 spare places."