Croydon education & schools
Strategy says on education & schools
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Population growth and the increase in the legal minimum school leaving age will place great strains on Croydon's education system. These changes will necessitate a big expansion in the number of primary and secondary school places for the foreseeable future.
The Croydon Infrastructure Delivery Plan analyses this extra demand for education over the medium term and sets out the expansion in school places needed to meet it. |
A Croydon primary school
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Partnerships say on education & schools
Many Croydon parents are having great difficulty at present in getting their children into nearby schools. The pressure on school capacity in Croydon indicates that the official population estimates are understated. Going forward, we fear that the current capacity problems will intensify on Croydon's education system as:
We are concerned at the large distances that many Croydon children have to travel to get to their schools. Croydon schools attract a substantial number of students from outside the borough. Within the borough, large number of students from the north are travelling to schools in the south. Obviously, the provision of schools should be such that the need (or indeed incentive) for children to travel is minimised.
A major boost to Croydon’s long term revival would be the establishment of a university. Given the huge population of its catchment area, it seems extraordinary that Croydon lacks a university. A university would not only fill an unmet education demand, but it would serve as a major employer and wealth generator for the borough.
- the government has severely scaled back its funding for its school building and refurbishment programme – “Building Schools for the Future”
- substantial future population growth up to 2031 is targeted for Croydon
We are concerned at the large distances that many Croydon children have to travel to get to their schools. Croydon schools attract a substantial number of students from outside the borough. Within the borough, large number of students from the north are travelling to schools in the south. Obviously, the provision of schools should be such that the need (or indeed incentive) for children to travel is minimised.
A major boost to Croydon’s long term revival would be the establishment of a university. Given the huge population of its catchment area, it seems extraordinary that Croydon lacks a university. A university would not only fill an unmet education demand, but it would serve as a major employer and wealth generator for the borough.
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