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the number of pupil places the school should provide;

the upper and lower age limits of the proposed school (that is to say the highest and lowest ages of pupils for whom it is intended that education is normally provided at the school) and, where it is intended that it should provide sixth form education, the number of pupils for whom it is intended that such education should be provided;

the number of pupils to be admitted to the proposed school in each relevant age group in the first school year in which the proposals have been implemented or, where it is intended that the proposals should be implemented in stages, the number of pupils to be admitted to the proposed school in the first school year in which each stage has been implemented

whether it is proposed that the school should admit pupils of both sexes or boys or girls only and, in the case of a single sex school where it is intended to provide sixth form education, whether both sexes or boys or girls only are to be admitted to the sixth form;

whether the new school should make provision which is recognised by the local education authority as reserved for children with special educational needs, and if so the range of special needs and the number of pupils for which provision is proposed, and

the estimated capital costs of providing the school (such an estimate to be made in accordance with the guidance provided at pages 17 to 19 of Department for Education and Skills Guidance “Education Building Projects – Information on Costs and Performance Data – Schools Building and Design Unit”, (reference DfES/0288/2003) (ISBN 1 84185 950 8) issued in April 2003). The Excel spreadsheet attached to the guidance should be completed and included in this information.