NSW needs 385 new classrooms every year for a decade

By Alexandra Smith
Updated April 8 2015 - 10:18am, first published March 11 2015 - 5:31am
Strain on the system: The number of children in primary schools is set to rise by more than 92,000, ACER report says.
Strain on the system: The number of children in primary schools is set to rise by more than 92,000, ACER report says.

NSW will need an extra 386 primary school classrooms every year for the next decade to cope with booming enrolments, and more students will be forced back to the public system because Catholic and private schools will run out of room, a new report warns.

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