Greater Manchester will benefit from 55 new 'Education Investment Areas' (EIAs) across the country which will create 14,000 places in 75 new schools, the government has said.
Bury, Bolton, Manchester, Oldham, Rochdale, Salford and Tameside are among areas which will be prioritised for new school places including for children from disadvantaged areas or kids with special education needs, the Department for Education (DfE) has announced.
Although the number of new schools and places to be created in each area were not disclosed, a spokeswoman for the DfE said they were in addition to the 22 new schools and 19,000 extra places announced by the then education secretary Damian Hinds in June 2019.
