Issue - meetings

Forward Plan Ref: 2012/060

Contact: Barbara Chillman, Principal Officer – School Organisation Tel: (01865) 816459

Report by Director for Children’s Services (CMDSI4).

Eynsham Primary School’s Admission Number is 45. However the school has admitted over this number in both September 2010 and September 2011 to meet growth in demand for pupil places in the area.  Demand for pupil places across Oxfordshire generally has risen and in Eynsham additional homes in new housing developments are in the process of being constructed and occupied: therefore the expectation is that the rise in pupil numbers will be sustained. As a result, the proposal is to expand Eynsham Primary School permanently to become a 2 form entry school with an admission number of 60.

Because the published admission number for 2011 and 2012 has already been decided, the school’s admission number can only now formally change from 2013.

The school already has sufficient classroom accommodation to become a 2 form entry school. If, following this consultation, it is decided to change the admission number to 60 on a permanent basis, there may be a need for additional school facilities to be constructed which would support the delivery of the full curriculum to the increased number of pupils.  OCC is working in partnership with the school governors to look carefully at the school’s site and buildings to see what facilities are required and how they could best be provided through a feasibility study.

A final decision is required on whether to proceed to expand the school. ?????

The Cabinet Member for Schools Improvement is RECOMMENDED to approve the publication of a statutory notice for the expansion of Eynsham Primary School.

to approve the permanent expansion of Eynsham Primary School, with effect from 1 September 2013.