An 8% increase in school aged children is forecast in the next 5 years for poverty central Oldham which is infamous for child deprivation but not so famous for accommodating a 1000% increase in foreign born children in the 1st 4 years after EU2 accession after the local press and Oldham Council deliberately withheld publishing the socioeconomic impact on Oldham. Oldham will have an additional 3,500 school aged children in the next 5 years 2020-2025 according to Oldham Council an increase of 8% as the number of school aged children increases from 43,500 to 47,000.
