Dr Peter Boden, visiting research fellow at the University of Leeds and a member of the British Society for Population was appointed by Herefordshire Council to check the methodology used to predict the county's future school pupil numbers and to provide the 2026 population forecasts with independent assurance.
His findings are summarised in an executive summary, together with three assurance reports in the resource box below.
In addition, the 2006-based population forecasts for the county to 2026 have been published and can be found on the Population page of the website.
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