1,000-pupil school to ease places crisis

My Account
Logout

Create an Evening Standard Account

Use your social network

Save time by using your existing account to sign in to Evening Standard

We'll never share your information or post anything to your account without your permission

Welcome! Sign in here

Use your social network

Save time by using your existing account to sign in to Evening Standard

We'll never share your information or post anything to your account without your permission

Forgot your password ?

Registration

* indicates fields that are mandatory

Email *

Password *

Confirm Password *

First name *

Surname *

Postcode *

Country *

Mobile phone number

Username *

Gender *

Year of birth *

When you sign up...

You will have access to all our online competitions, discounted offers and can post comments on our site.

You will also receive The Weekender newsletter sent every Thursday - it’s full of fantastic offers and ideas for the weekend. You can update your email preferences in your account page when you log in.

Other newsletters and emails

Homes & Property Newsletter - Yes I want to receive the weekly email with all the latest news on property in the capital

Occasionally we would also like to send you relevant emails detailing specific offers either from ourselves or carefully selected partners. If you would prefer not to receive these then please tick the appropriate boxes below. We will never pass on your details.

I do not want to receive additional offers and information from the Evening Standard

I do not want to receive additional offers and information sent by Evening Standard on behalf of carefully selected partners

Terms and Conditions

* I have read, understood and agree to be bound by the terms and conditions of Evening Standard

Registration

Mail Sent for Registration Confirmation.

A confirmation email has been sent. Please activate your account by clicking on the activation link sent in your mail box.

The school in Kingston could help ease pressure on popular institutions such as Tiffin Girls' and Boys' grammars, which are hugely oversubscribed every year.

Kingston council was forced to order primaries to expand after an influx of children to the area caused a school places crisis in the summer. The council predicted these extra pupils would mean a new secondary would be necessary by 2013.

Figures from across London show that one in three families failed to win places at their first-choice secondary schools this year. The economic downturn is said to have intensified competition for the most popular ones in the state sector. Thousands of parents who would otherwise pay to go private are trying to save on expensive fees by applying for grammar schools.

Councillors are still to decide whether the new school in Kingston will be a community comprehensive or an academy. It will be part of a £100 million scheme that would see renovation and reorganisation across all the borough's secondaries, using cash from the Government's £45 billion rebuilding programme.

●Southborough High School and Tolworth Girls' School will be rebuilt on one site.

●Kingston's two pupil referral units for disruptive children will be moved on to school sites.

●Coombe Boys' School and The Hollyfield School will be remodelled, and the remaining secondaries in the borough will be reorganised by 2016. Patricia Bamford, executive member for children's services on Kingston council, said: "The entire community would benefit from the improved facilities.

"This is a tremendous opportunity to remodel education in the royal borough and secure sustainable improvement in our secondary schools, to increase parental choice and meet the increasing demand for places."

She acknowledged there had been "a great deal of debate" about the need for a new secondary, adding: "There has been a significant increase in the number of pupils entering the state education system in Kingston over the last couple of years."

Councillors will decide whether to back the plan at a meeting on Tuesday.