Nottinghamshire County Council has outlined where and how it could create new school places in Gedling borough.
The Conservative-led authority says it has been allocated £38.36 million from the Government to cover Nottinghamshire for its ‘Basic Need’ funding cash in 2023/24.
This is money allocated to councils to ensure schools have the capacity for the number of places required in their areas.
It can be used on capital projects like expansions or new school builds if demand is high.
Ongoing projects include the expansion of Carlton le Willows Academy
Now papers have revealed where further cash could be spent to tackle other localised gaps or demand across the borough.
Calverton is one area being targeted despite a projected surplus of 10 primary school places by the 2026/27 academic year.
The authority says its departments believe this surplus is “below a sensible operating margin” and it will fund an extra 40 places in the village.
This, it says, can be funded through contributions from property developers and could be accommodated at Sir John Sherbrook Junior School.
Feasibility studies will be drawn up to work out whether this may be possible in the future.
For secondary school places, further expansion plans have been suggested in Carlton.
Carlton le Willows Academy is currently being expanded by 400 spaces but the authority says the Gedling town needs further capacity.
It plans to use the Basic Needs funding to increase pupil admission numbers at Carlton Academy, a separate school, from 230 to 270 pupils.
This could eventually bring an additional 200 places for pupils in years seven to 11.
The expansion plans were presented to two cabinet members during a delegated decision on Monday, April 17.
In a report, Peter McConnochie, the council’s service director for education, said further documents will be drawn up if feasibility studies find any of the projects can be delivered.
These will outline how much any of the projects would cost.
Parents across Nottinghamshire received letters this week outlining whether their child will be going to their preferred primary school of choice.
The council confirmed 96.3 per cent of Nottinghamshire children were offered their parents’ first choice school, or 7,767 out of 8,062.
Overall, 99.6 per cent of pupils will go to one of their parents’ preferred schools.
The authority says those who are happy with their allocated school have until Monday, May 1 to accept the offer.
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