Graph 24. Primary school occupancy levels 110%
-10% 10% 30% 50% 70% 90%
97% 69% 72% 60% 52% 100% 92% 80% 71% 94% 88% 80% 68% 105% 99% 99% 104% 98% 85% 73% 72% 68%
The above graph shows the levels of occupancy in our primary schools. Schools can have high occupancy levels as a consequence of demand from their catchment areas and/or through places being allocated via the placing request process from pupils who reside out with the schools catchment areas.
There are a number of schools with high occupancy levels reflecting high numbers of children resident in the schools catchment area. There are still some places in these schools which have been taken up through placing request application process. There are other high occupancy schools where a larger number of places are still available for resident population indicated by the high percentage of pupils attending East Renfrewhire Council schools but who reside out with the East Renfrewshire Council area. The high occupancy levels are in schools in the Crookfur and Newton Mearns areas that have experienced increased demand due to new residential development.
Where an occupancy rate of a school is consistently high with catchment pupils over a period of time, longer term arrangements must be considered to ensure sufficient school places are available. Construction is now underway to establish the new faith schools' joint campus in Newton Mearns for 2017. This will increase primary Catholic provision in the area reducing the pressure on the existing St Cadoc's with scope to meet future demands of known planned house building in the Newton Mearns area. It will also provide additional early learning and childcare places to help meet demand in the Newton Mearns area.
The Local Development Plan is now approved and there will be a need to establish a new non- denominational primary school with provision for additional early learning and childcare places.
sufficient secondary school places available to meet catchment demand from the known planned house building in the area. Any increased pressure on the school estate which results in additional requirements, and future needs, for both secondary and primary provision and/or extensions, will continue to be monitored through the Action Programme and review of the Local Development Plan. arrangements must be considered to ensure sufficient school places are available.
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There is provision in the Council's Capital Plan for this new school. There are
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