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.