Sydney faces once-in-a-generation enrolment surge, schools inquiry told

By Eryk Bagshaw
Updated March 20 2017 - 9:43am, first published February 13 2017 - 9:31pm
Former NSW education minister Adrian Piccoli during  a 2014 visit to Ultimo Public School. The school  is set to be hit hardest by the influx of residents into the Bays precinct.  Photo: Peter Rae
Former NSW education minister Adrian Piccoli during a 2014 visit to Ultimo Public School. The school is set to be hit hardest by the influx of residents into the Bays precinct. Photo: Peter Rae
City of Sydney lord mayor Clover Moore says the NSW government ''has not kept up''. Photo: James Brickwood
City of Sydney lord mayor Clover Moore says the NSW government ''has not kept up''. Photo: James Brickwood
Save Our Sirius Protest Rally. Protest march from Customs House to the Sirius Building in The Rocks, rallying against the NSW Goverment's plan to knock down the iconic building for luxury apartments. Photo shows City of Sydney Lord Mayor, Clover Moore addressing the rally. Saturday 17th September 2016. Photograph by James Brickwood. SHD NEWS 160917 Photo: James Brickwood
Save Our Sirius Protest Rally. Protest march from Customs House to the Sirius Building in The Rocks, rallying against the NSW Goverment's plan to knock down the iconic building for luxury apartments. Photo shows City of Sydney Lord Mayor, Clover Moore addressing the rally. Saturday 17th September 2016. Photograph by James Brickwood. SHD NEWS 160917 Photo: James Brickwood

Sydney is facing a once-in-a-generation enrolment surge, a NSW Upper House inquiry into inner-city schools has heard, as the NSW Department of Education struggles to keep up with demand.