Interesting snippets from last week’s Council meeting on school closures

Lunch in classrooms and PE in the corridors? Signs of overcrowding? We certainly think so! Edinburgh may have over 8000 “spare” places but it also has one of the highest average class sizes in Scotland – second only to Glasgow. The solution? Redistribute pupil numbers across the school estate so all pupils have a better staff ratio and therefore a better education. The Council has to stop being so wishy-washy on class sizes and out-of-catchment placements. They have a responsibility to allocate school places in a way which benefits everyone, and makes financial sense.

Full article in today’s Evening News

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