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<p>It is the responsibility of each local authority to balance the supply and demand
for primary and secondary school places in their area and secure a place for every
child of statutory age who wants one.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Education collects
information from local authorities on the number of school places (school capacity)
in state-funded primary and secondary schools, (except special schools) and local
authorities’ own pupil forecasts, as part of the annual School Capacity Collection.
The most recent data available relates to the position at May 2013 and is published
online at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-capacity-academic-year-2012-to-2013"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-capacity-academic-year-2012-to-2013</a></p><p>
</p><p>Information on the requirement for secondary school places amongst religious
denominations is not available. Local authorities are required to provide pupil forecasts
at planning area level and broken down by year group, from Reception to Year 13. We
do not collect forecasts of pupil numbers by religious denomination.</p><p>We continue
to provide capital funding to local authorities to assist them in providing additional
school places, and we monitor the situation regularly to ensure there are sufficient
places to meet local need. Barnet has been allocated a total of £68.7m for the period
2011-2015 and a further £14.8m for 2015-17 to help create the additional school places
that will be needed by September 2017.</p><p> </p>
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