New School Places, Newcastle-under-Lyme

HC Deb 20 June 1955 vol 542 cc45-6W

Mr. Swingler

asked the Minister of Education his estimate of the increase in the secondary school population in the excepted district of Newcastle-under-Lyme in the next five years and of the numbers of new grammar, secondary

Mr. P. Thorneycroft

Following are the figures:

modern, and junior technical places which will be required.

Sir D. Eccles

The Staffordshire local education authority estimates that the secondary school population in Newcastle-under-Lyme will increase by about 1,200 in the next five years, and that in addition to the new places already included in building programmes, about 400 more secondary modern school places will be needed.