Thanks to there being no secondary school in the south east of Wokingham.
"530 children from Finchampstead, Arborfield, Swallowfield and Barkham are bused out to schools each day at a cost of over £415k a year!
Emmbrook 140
Yateley 64
Holt 122...
Forest 98
Bulmershe 0
St Crispins 106"
"530 children from Finchampstead, Arborfield, Swallowfield and Barkham are bused out to schools each day at a cost of over £415k a year!
Emmbrook 140
Yateley 64
Holt 122...
Forest 98
Bulmershe 0
St Crispins 106"
Kazek, To put that £415K a year into context, can you tell us how much it would cost to build a new school in SE Wokingham and how much the annual running costs would be?
ReplyDeleteThe cost of running a school I believe is fixed to a figure per child at the school.
ReplyDeleteIf you take 3 of the 12 borough schools designed for a two form entry that have been temporarily squeezing in a three form entry, give those children a less stressful crammed education and better class sizes, plus a safer walk to school without the commuters from South Wokingham.
Those two spare forms end up close to home in the south of Wokingham (eventually over 6 years). They spend 40+ more minutes a day with family, or those family members are more productive. There is less carbon. The running costs are fairly similar because it is per child.
The cost of building a school I will give you that. However, we have been paying over the odds and taking two little. I have been fighting for higher s106 contributions since I found out in 2012 we had been charging £8k per dwelling. I gather now it is £26k. Property prices warranted £26k since 2005. A school should cost about £3m to build, so we will pay our mates £9m. We have allowed a lot more than 450 houses to be built since 2005. So we have been screwed twice on the new school,