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Clarification on Year 7 Secondary School Capacity and Forecasts
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I am writing to request clarification regarding the secondary school place calculations presented in two of your published documents:
• Wokingham Borough School Place Strategy 2024/25 to 2029/30 (amended 16/10/24)
• Wokingham Borough Council School Organisation Plan 2025 to 2030 (dated 04 June 2025)
1. After reviewing the School Place Strategy, I would be grateful if you could confirm the number of permanent Year 7 secondary school places predicted in the Borough in 2027/28, including the assumptions and calculations underpinning that number.
2. In addition, the School Organisation Plan (2025–2030) appears to present updated figures for projected demand and capacity. To better understand how the numbers have evolved, could you please clarify:
• How the Year 7 capacity figures from the School Place Strategy were adjusted or recalculated for inclusion in the School Organisation Plan.
• The total number of Year 7 places required for the 2027/28 intake, according to your most recent modelling and the reasons for the change between the 2 documents.
• The current calculations for the number of Year 7 places that will be available at each individual secondary school in the Borough for the 2027/28 intake year, bearing in mind a revision is due
• early this year.
• Any projected shortfall in year 7 places in the borough in the 2027/28 intake year and how you propose to meet the shortfall
This information would be extremely helpful in understanding the projected sufficiency position and the basis for the capacity planning decisions outlined in both documents.
