England is booming. While the economy remains stubbornly stagnant, the birth rate is anything but. According to the Office for National Statistics, pupil numbers in state-funded schools began to increase in 2011, with the number of primary school pupils set to grow by 21 per cent between 2010 and 2020. The population of under-11s as a whole is projected to rise by 15.6 per cent in the same period, from 6.74 million to 7.79 million.
These national figures spell potential crisis for local authorities across the country as the primary-age population, on the decline for many years, has started in some areas to rise particularly sharply.
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