schools divert cash to cover £1bn funding gap - projector for school education

Local funding shortages have forced many schools to borrow money and cut maintenance and construction projects, according to a new poll.
Authorities in the UK for more than three quarters claimed that they did not get enough cash from the government to create the required additional school places by 2017.
Research on local government associations (LGA)
As concerns have intensified about the shortage of school places due in part to rising birth rates and changes in the local population, the report was released.
Councillor David Simmonds, chairman of the LGA Committee for Children and Youth, said: "This black hole is so large that council taxpayers are unable to pay for the construction of a new school.
"The lack of school places is no longer limited to primary schools, but it is spread to secondary schools. nationwide, we estimate that more than 200,000 places are needed.
"Parliament faces the challenge of creating places in the right areas on time, when they are also short of money.
LGA asked the local council if the Ministry of Education provided funds (DfE)
The provision of 2011/12 to 2016/17 school places has been fully met.
Those who responded
About 79 parliaments
A total of 77% said there was not enough money.
More than the third (38%)
In Parliament that says they don't get enough money, 2 out of 3 say they borrowed money (67%)
With the developer's money, more than 5 pounds (22%)
Get funding from other construction schemes, half (50%)
LGA says cash used from other school programs, such as school building maintenance.
LGA claims that 130,000 new places will be needed for 2017/18 and 80,716 new secondary places will be required for 2019/2020.
A spokeswoman for DfE said: "We are doing everything we can to prevent an unprecedented increase in the number of classes affected, and Parliament has a legal obligation to provide schools for children in their area.
"We also confirmed another 2.
35bn to support the council in creating the required Place by September 2017.
"In addition, we allow excellent schools to expand without the constraints and bureaucracy they have faced in the past.
"There are now more than 320 free schools open or in preparation, which will provide an additional 175,000 places --
Most of them are in areas where help is needed.