A roof over their heads

摘要

Several issues are threatening the provision of primary school education, and this is of major concern to local authorities.A baby boom is creating a critical shortage of primary school places, with suggestions of more than 500,000 primary schoolchildren expected to be taught in classes of more than 30 pupils.Schools are prevented, by law, from allowing classes in the first two years from exceeding 30. A leaked government report suggests new classrooms are needed for as many as 60,000 pupils, and figures show the number of children at English primary schools will rise for the first time in a decade - to 3.96m.