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Two infant schools and a junior school look likely to have their admission numbers cut from September 2024 after a public consultation.

ONE of the top priority crossings in the city to be made safer has been branded a “tick box” solution that would waste public money.

A PRIMARY school has won a battle to keep four forms of entry after councillors voted to reduce its annual intake to three forms.

Westdene Primary School in Barn Rise The scheme is also intended to improve safety outside schools and encourage active forms of travel, such as walking, cycling and scooting. Nine schools took part in the trial and there are currently four schools running the scheme in Brighton and Hove. Westdene Primary would join Brunswick Primary, St Luke’s Primary, Downs Infant, Downs Junior, St Nicolas CE Primary in closing the road outside school gates. The school is closing Barn Rise for the f...

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, Y...