Case Study: Greater Manchester Combined Authorities Cross-Border Analysis Requirements The Greater Manchester (GM) School Place Planning Group has ten core members, plus additional ‘associate’ members, meeting on a regular basis to discuss and review school planning issues affecting their respective areas. The Group identified a requirement for a review of current and forecast statistics on school places and pupil numbers, highlighting specific cross -border 'pressure- points' by school planning area. Solution Edge Analytics used statistics drawn from official demographic sources and from the GM Group’s school census returns to identify the demographic pressures faced by the authorities. Published admission numbers and school capacity collection data for Reception an

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