Mystery over council report which correctly predicted Dargavel Primary School pupil numbers

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Near accurate pupil numbers for Dargavel and Park Mains schools have been sitting in a Renfrewshire Council document for the past five years, it has been revealed.The 2017 report – identified by parents of children attending Dargavel Primary School last month – states that Dargavel Village would create 854 additional primary school-aged pupils once completed.While the report referenced a new school with a capacity for 440 children, it states the education department believed the remaining 414 children could be accommodated within existing schools nearby.It means that Renfrewshire Council had itself known six years ago that a minimum of 856 children would need a primary school place.

The local authority has refused to comment on the revelation.Education bosses had revealed in October last year how they made a catastrophic error with pupil estimates which ultimately saw Dargavel Primary opened with a maximum capacity of 548.Renfrewshire Council believed the school roll would be 430.

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