Auckland schools are 'bursting at the seams': PPTA

Auckland school principals are warning of pressure on classrooms after increased immigration saw a surge in enrolments. Nearly 16-thousand new pupils have enrolled in schools this year, with Auckland schools gaining more than 8-thousand, their biggest jump in 20 years.Most of the new students have New Zealand residence or parents on short-term work or study visas, and about three-thousand are fee-paying foreign students.More than half of the new students are teenagers. PPTA acting President Chris Abercrombie says many schools are bursting at the seams, and struggling to scale up teaching, particularly for English as a Second Language.