Issue - meetings

Forward Plan Ref: 2010/063

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

Report by Director for Children, Young People & Families (CMDSI 5).

Larkrise Primary School has a published admission number of 45 children. Due to rising numbers across Oxford City, 60 places were allocated to the school for September 2009. The school now has more than 45 children per year from the Foundation to Year 3 inclusive. Primary Care Trust records and the annual census of local children in early years settings show that the demand for primary school places in Oxford is rising, and schools in this area will not have enough room in future years

Larkrise Primary School has been identified as a high priority school through the Primary Capital Programme locality review process, which also recommended that options should be explored to accommodate the rising numbers of statutory age range pupils in the Cowley/Iffley locality.  

At the meeting on 16 March 2010 the Cabinet agreed to the publication of formal proposals to expand Larkrise Primary School from 1.5-form entry to 2-form entry.  A statutory notice to this effect was published by the Authority in the Oxford Mail on 20 April 2010 and expired following 4 weeks of formal consultation on 18 May 2010.

As no representations in relation to the proposal have been received the decision is referred to the Cabinet Member for Schools Improvement. The proposed implementation date for the proposal is 1 September 2010.      

The Cabinet Member for Schools Improvement is RECOMMENDED to either:

(a)         reject the proposals;

(b)        approve the proposals;

(c)         approve the proposals with a modification (e.g. the proposal implementation date); or

(d)        approve the proposals subject to them meeting a specific condition.

to approve the proposals to expand Larkrise Primary School from 1.5-form entry to 2-form entry.