Free school given the green light

A CONTROVERSIAL free school has been given the go-ahead by Oldham Council bosses.
Despite concerns raised over Oldham's existing free school, plans for another have been passed to meet the demand for more secondary places.
Three other schools will also be expanded under proposals which were voted through unanimously at a cabinet meeting last night.
Changes will be implemented to create 300 spaces for Year 7 pupils, ahead of next September's intake, and 700 spaces by 2021, in attempts to cope with the rising birth rate, new housing developments and an increased number of families moving to... read more
18 October 2016 in
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