Primaries hit

Published: August 26, 2010

• IT is not only Camden’s secondary schools which are suffering under Tory-Liberal Democrat government cuts to school building programmes (Education cuts to leave £167m hole, August 19).

Camden’s Liberal Democrat-Tory coalition “decided to postpone indefinitely” some £20million of capital funding to five needy primary schools, two of which are in the Gospel Oak ward.


The rationale for this was the need for a new school in the north-west of the borough.

However, the statistical basis on the numbers of pupil places required not only in the north-west but across the whole of Camden needs reviewing.

This is currently underway.

Alas, the £20million may go the way the £167million with the central government decision and this is expected on the October 20.


The five primary schools involved are anxiously awaiting this decision


CLLR LARRAINE REVAH
Labour, Gospel Oak ward