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EIGHT primary schools and one secondary school will have fewer classes from September next year because there are too many places across Brighton and Hove.
Brighton and Hove City Council predicted that there would be 325 spare places this September, rising to 744 if nothing was done. This could give rise to the risk of the Government stepping in and closing a school. The council based its estimate on the number of children born in Brighton and Hove, members of the council’s Children, Young People and Skills Committee were told on Monday afternoon. The council’s head of schools organisation Richard Barker said that action was needed in areas where there were fewer children although he said that the process was “not an exact science”.