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  1. tyr

    tyrone1 Banned Idiot

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    We've now not got enough school places in town.

    We are run by a load on donkey's
     
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    Dead right there pal. The worst thing is that they believe that they are doing so good for our town when really they are absolutely ruining it.
     
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    Happened in most towns and cities in the mid late 90's due to falling birth rates - we had plenty of school closures in Liverpool- school I worked in amalgamated with another
     
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    tyrone1 Banned Idiot

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    In Barnsley. They are now looking. Fir a building to convert. Into a900 place school
     
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    I don't think this can be blamed on the council . It's called a population boom and unless we castrate blokes when they get to about 30 there's not a lot we can do . Must say though our infrastructure is coming apart at the seams . Barnsley must be such a popular place to live , people are flocking here from far and wide .:D
     
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    tyrone1 Banned Idiot

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    I think if the council. Don't use analysis to forecast. Trends then they are very much to blame
     
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    Analysts don't come cheap and the council is skint . They should have a population census that will tell them all they need to know without shelling out extra for analysts . Anyway it seems like they are addressing the problem so lets not be too critical . They could use Oakwell for the needy 900 , tbf there's plenty of space available .
     
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    Could it have anything to do with all the immigration.
     
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    ooooh ! I wondered how long it would take .
     
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    Yeah me too, got my tin hat at the ready.
     
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    These sort of posts are so ill informed. Have you any idea of the difficulties councils face due to cuts in funding from central government?

    To fish out just one quote from the link below: "Councils are still facing cuts in central government funding of 6.7% between 2016 and 2020, which comes on top of an overall 30% reduction between 2010 and 2015".

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-35633213
     
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    There are rules about building schools. One of those is that you cannot build a school in anticipation of extra places needed, only when there are children without a place can you build.
     
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    I think the primary situation is about to fall in breaking point as well. I have just finished a 8 year stint on a primary governing body so have seen first hand the numbers looking for school places. Even local people missing out on places. If you look at the situation between say Redbrook and Darton, the number of new build houses is staggering even 25 to 30% of those houses having primary aged children will bring the situation to a critical point.
     
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    When they rebuilt Wath (10 years or so ago), they could only build on the same footprint as the original school. So no room for lockers or anything else for the kids and now they will struggle to expand to fit the need.
     
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    This problem was as a result of central government knee jerk reaction to falling numbers probably 20 years ago. Councils faced budget cuts and other sanctions if they did not reduce the number of surplice places in schools. This resulted in a lot of school amalgamations and closures all over the country. It is not something which can be blamed on Barnsley Council or any other Local Authority. Some LEA's (with a little forward thinking) tried mothballing classrooms or even whole schools but this was not acceptable to the Department for Education who still regarded these as surplice places!
     
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    Exactly this - we had mothballed rooms which were classed as empty spaces - resulted in a messy amalgamation. People blaming the council don't realise it was the norm
     
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    tyrone1 Banned Idiot

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    Why on earth. It's it ill informed
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    There was a huge development of schools being built until 2010. You should look nationally for the problem here, not blaming the council yet again. Never mind as all the EU money will will be used for that.lol.
     

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