It seems that many thousands of children will fail to get their parents' chosen primary school when the children begin school life this year. Some may even get their third or fourth choice, some will have to travel long distances, and some may lack a place altogether.
The explanation offered is that birth rates have suddenly started rising.
Really! It takes five years to grow a five year old child, so it's not as if there has been no warning. It is to be hoped that the government in planning to answer other needs is not so short-sighted. There are huge numbers of planners in all departments, so what have they been doing?
There might be justification if the government wasn't entirely sure about individual needs of individual children, but to get the total wrong by many thousands beggars belief.
Douglas Carswell today comments in his usual forthright manner on his blog. Why then, he asks, are there no toy shortages, or nappies, or baby food. The answer is that the market is much better planned than the bureaucracy. Many suppliers saw a profitable opportunity and responded. There is an alertness which is missing in a bureaucracy, where changes are frowned upon as they cause extra work.
When Michael Gove's new schools begin, they will be more responsive, adaptable, flexible. They ought to provide the types of schools in the locations where they are wanted.
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