They also decided to set up two primary reception classes at the former St Ursula's from September.

BBC: Bristol free school set to open

At Vauvert Primary School, two reception classes will be run a fraction below its maximum class size of 25 with 49 pupils in total.

BBC: La Houguette reception to run above maximum capacity

Vauvert Primary is currently oversubscribed for September if it continues to operate two reception classes, and numbers registered at La Houguette are high for one reception class but too low to support two classes.

BBC: Alan Brown

Perhaps the company's " problems" in Europe and the lackluster reception towards the current iteration of Zune -- hence the focus on Zune's primary innovation, WiFi -- have calmed Gates, or maybe the iPod franchise has grown so huge that even its main competitors can't conceive of aiming for first place.

ENGADGET: Gates praises iPod, labels Zune a "modest" competitor