The parents have spoken, the results are in - two new primary schools should be built in the borough to cope with the ongoing surge in primary school applications, according to a consultation run by Kingston Council.

But some residents in north Kingston have hit out at the results of the survey, which provided no option for a new school to be constructed in their part of the borough.

More than 1,200 people replied indicating where extra space should be provided for future pupils in the borough, with new three form entry schools in Surbiton and Maldens and Coombe among the most popular demands.

At the other end of the scale, many responses were critical of expanding existing schools to four forms of entry in order to reach the 15 extra classes the borough expects to need by September 2012.

The results also called for single class extensions be added to Alexandra Infants, St Joseph’s, King Athelstan and Fern Hill in Kingston, St Matthews in Surbiton and Christ Church Primary School in New Malden, and for half a class to be added to Surbiton’s Maple Infant School.

But Richmond Park MP Susan Kramer, whose constituency covers north Kingston, said many people she had spoken to were dissatisfied with the council’s survey.

She said: “I attended the consultation meeting at the Hawker Centre as part of this consultation process.

“It was clear that many people were dissatisfied with the consultation, and wanted to see a much fuller discussion on the issue of primary school expansion.

“The responses show there is strong support for a new primary school for the north Kingston area, not the expansion of existing ones.

“Despite the shortage of potential sites for a school in this area, the council must listen to the views of parents. Please do also come forward with suggestions about possible sites.

“The battle will now be to get money from central Government to fund the expansion of places that we so desperately need.”

The cash-strapped council will need to find up to £30m to fund the necessary building work, with the new schools costing up to £8m each and about £2m required to expand an existing school by one form of entry.

A report due to go before Kingston Council’s executive committee on July 7 will inform the committee that building new schools is preferable to expanding existing ones, although it adds that there are “very limited options” available in terms of land.

The council has been coy about the sites it has been investigating as possibilities for the new schools, although Surbiton Hospital has been identified as one by the council’s lead member for education, Councillor Patricia Bamford.

Officers face a further headache in the next two years as several primary schools have already housed temporary classrooms for the maximum two years allowed, forcing the council to look elsewhere to teach the 230 extra pupils expected to enter the system in September.

The report states that the eventual strategy is likely to include building two new schools and accommodating “bulge” classes at others while permanent expansion takes place.

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