The Government has announced that schools across Cambridgeshire will receive £32.7 million in 2017 to fund new school places, a rise of £28.9 million.

In contrast, this coming year the county will receive just £3.7 million, and in 2016 they will get only £3.8 million.

This extra funding will make a big difference to schools across Cambridgeshire. It means the County Council will be able to plan early for the number of school places it needs and hopefully we can also avoid the situation we have seen in the past where we have too many children starting school and too few places for them. Not only will this result in more schools being built across the county, it will allow the expansion and improvement of existing schools too.