Schools proposing to expand their intake

This page sets out all the proposed school expansions we are aware of, namely where local authorities have been allocated funding to provide additional places in the following schools by 2015, through the Targeted Basic Need Programme.

We also have a page dealing with proposals for new schools. If you’ve heard about a proposal in your area that’s not listed, please get in touch and let us know.

If you’re concerned about the admissions arrangements of any school or potential new school then please visit our Get Involved page to find out what you can do.

Local Authority School Expected places to be provided Religion % of places in school currently allocated on religious grounds
Barnet St Joseph’s RC Junior School and St Joseph’s RC Infant School 210 Roman Catholic 100%
Bournemouth Christ The King Catholic Primary School 210 Roman Catholic 100%
Brent Islamia Primary School 210 Muslim 100%
Cornwall St Petroc’s Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School 90 Church of England 100%
Cornwall The Bishops CofE Primary School 90 Church of England 100%
Coventry Corpus Christi Catholic School 210 Roman Catholic 100%
Croydon St James the Great RC Primary and Nursery School 420 Roman Catholic 100%
Croydon St Joseph’s RC Infant School and St Joseph’s RC Junior School 210 Roman Catholic 100%
Derby Walter Evans Church of England Aided Primary School 105 Church of England 7%
Enfield St John’s CofE Primary School 119 Church of England 100%
Hammersmith & Fulham Sacred Heart High School 150 Roman Catholic 100%
Hampshire All Saints Church of England Primary School 70 Church of England 100%
Hampshire Pilgrims’ Cross CofE Aided Primary School 105 Church of England 100%
Harrow St Anselm’s Catholic Primary School 210 Roman Catholic 100%
Harrow St George’s Primary School 12 Roman Catholic 100%
Harrow St John Fisher Catholic Primary School 210 Roman Catholic 100%
Hertfordshire St Philip Howard Catholic Primary School 105 Roman Catholic 100%
Hounslow The Blue School CofE Primary 24 Church of England 100%
Kent Maidstone, St John’s Church of England Primary School 150 Church of England 100%
Kent Tunstall Church of England (Aided) Primary School 210 Church of England 100%
Lambeth Iqra Primary School 35 Muslim 87%
Lambeth St John’s Angell Town Church of England Primary School 420 Church of England 100%
Lambeth St Leonard’s Church of England Primary School 210 Church of England 100%
Merton St Mary’s Catholic Primary School 210 Roman Catholic 100%
Oldham St Hilda’s CofE Primary School 105 Church of England 100%
Plymouth Holy Cross Catholic Primary School 105 Roman Catholic 100%
Sandwell St Hubert’s Catholic Primary School 210 Roman Catholic 100%
Staffordshire St Luke’s CofE (C) Primary School 70 Church of England 100%
Surrey Queen Eleanor’s CofE Junior School 120 Church of England 100%
Surrey St Alban’s Catholic Primary School 210 Roman Catholic 100%
Swindon St Joseph’s Catholic College 420 Roman Catholic 100%
Trafford Bowdon CofE Primary School 210 Church of England 100%
Warwickshire St Michael’s Church of England Primary School 100 Church of England 100%
West Sussex Davison Church of England High School for Girls, Worthing 240 Church of England 100%
Wokingham Grazeley Parochial Church of England Aided Primary School 105 Church of England 100%

St Joseph’s Catholic College, a secondary school in Swindon, has acquired funding for 420 new school places by 2014 through the Targeted Basic Need Programme. In fact it is planned that this funding is used to provide a new primary school at another site in the town.