Reading borrows £34m to expand primaries, hopes free schools will deliver secondary places

From the BBC:  '...In addition to £19m from the government, Reading Borough Council has had to borrow £34.5m, which will cost the authority £2.5m per year.'d



'However, these measures do not address the looming shortage of secondary places down the line...The council says it is looking at plans for two new free schools... The Department for Education says it is giving schools £5bn to spend on new school places over this Parliament,

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John Ennis, the council's lead member for education
David Simmonds, the chairman of the LGA's Children and Young People Board