Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 8 December 2016 to Question 55966, what the pupil forecast is for the next seven years in the local area that will be affected by the decision on whether to close Baverstock Academy.

Local authorities are responsible for ensuring sufficient school places for pupils, including accurately forecasting demand. The department collects forecasts of future demand for pupil places and school capacity figures from each local authority, covering the next five years, through the annual school capacity survey (SCAP). The latest published SCAP data, relating to the position as reported at May 2015, can be found at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-capacity-academic-year-2014-to-2015. This data covers the periods 2015 to 2019 for primary and 2015 to 2021 for secondary.