It is with some perplexity that ORA read that local councillors are finally waking up to the need for school places in Oakhurst. Residents have been aware of this serious problem for years.
That is why Paul Exell submitted a Freedom of Information request to Swindon Borough Council in the summer. The results were astonishing.
Please can you send us: "copies of correspondence received by Swindon Borough councillors or officers in support of/or requesting either additional primary places, or a new primary school in North Swindon for September 2011, 2012 or beyond. Please also provide the year groups to which these letters of emails refer."
The answer came back "NONE"
