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To download images, go to flickr.com/surreynews Plans for 420 extra school places at two Surrey primary schools have been signed off. Classroom capacity at Sayes Court in Addlestone and The Hythe, Egham, will be boosted by 210 places each under proposals approved by the Cabinet. Linda Kemeny, Surrey County Council’s Cabinet Member for Schools and Learning, … Continue reading
Surrey’s high-performing schools are attracting thousands of children from outside the county, according to new figures. With 92% of Surrey secondary schools now rated good or outstanding by Ofsted, figures from Surrey County Council show that 8,300 pupils in Surrey schools live outside its boundaries. At the same time, the number of Surrey children going … Continue reading
The increase in the number of applications for primary school places in Surrey adds up to enough pupils for a multi-million pound school. Surrey County Council has received 466 more primary applications for next September than a year ago. That is the equivalent of filling a new two-form entry primary that would cost at least £6 … Continue reading
Visit flickr.com/surreynews to download the pictures. These are the first artists’ impressions of how two expanded schools will look under plans to create more than 550 extra places. They show the proposed extensions at Connaught Junior in Bagshot (120 places) and St Alban’s Primary, West Molesey (210). The county council’s Cabinet is set … Continue reading
More than one in 10 applications for Surrey secondary school places next September came from London. Nearly 1,700 of the record 11,000 applications received by Surrey County Council came from bordering London boroughs like Croydon, Sutton and Kingston-upon-Thames. They account for 15% of the total submitted by the closing date for places in the next … Continue reading
Surrey County Council has agreed to invest in rebuilding the academy that helped to make Luke Shaw a Manchester United and England footballer. The academy trust governing Rydens Enterprise School plans to demolish the current buildings and replace them with new facilities. To ensure 150 extra places are created as part of the proposed development at the … Continue reading
Plans to create an extra 420 places at two primary schools have been signed off by Surrey County Council. Cabinet Member for Schools and Learning Linda Kemeny has given the go-ahead for proposals to expand Hinchley Wood and The Greville by 210 places each. She said: “This will provide much-needed classroom space as part of our … Continue reading
Plans to build new classrooms for 330 pupils at three Surrey schools have been given the go-ahead. Capacity will be boosted at West Byfleet Infant by 90 places and 120 more will be added at West Byfleet Junior. Another 120 extra places will be created at Connaught Junior School in Bagshot. Surrey needs to bridge a … Continue reading
Surrey County Council has received a record number of applications for secondary school places. The 10,975 submitted by last Friday’s closing date (31 October) for places next September was the highest number since the launch of the online application system in 2004. That figure was also nearly 300 more than the number submitted last year, … Continue reading
Surrey County Council continues to be among the top-performing authorities at GCSE, according to figures released by the Department for Education for exams in 2014. They show that: Almost three-quarters of pupils getting five or more GCSEs at grades A* to C, putting Surrey in the top 10% of education authorities in England The result ranked … Continue reading
Plans for more than 250 places are set to be signed off as the county council pushes on with the biggest schools expansion project in Surrey’s history. Capacity at Bishop David Brown School in Woking will be boosted by 150 places and another 105 will be added at Bisley Church of England Primary under proposals being … Continue reading
Picture caption: Runnymede and Weybridge MP Philip Hammond has visited Surrey County Council for a progress report on a new secondary school for 900-plus pupils at the Runnymede Centre in Addlestone. The Foreign Secretary also heard about the council’s £215 million funding gap for the 13,000 places required in the next five years. Quote: Linda Kemeny, Surrey County Council’s … Continue reading
Plans have been set out to create almost 3,000 extra school places by next September as the county council presses ahead with the biggest expansion project in Surrey’s history. That figure is enough to fill nine brand new two-form entry primary schools and comes after more than 4,100 extra places were created in time for … Continue reading
A groundbreaking scheme between Surrey County Council and the National Autistic Society (NAS) is set to revolutionise the education of children with autism. Thanks to a tie-up between the county council, the UK’s leading autism charity and the Cullum Family Trust, four high-achieving mainstream schools are set to get the county’s first-ever centres focused on educating … Continue reading
Plans to build new classrooms for 420 extra pupils at two Surrey schools have been given the go-ahead. New facilities will be built at Leatherhead’s St Peter’s Catholic Primary and St Alban’s Catholic Primary in East Molesey, providing 210 additional places at each school. Surrey needs to bridge a £215 million funding gap for the … Continue reading
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