Issue - meetings

Forward Plan Ref: 2011/041 and 2010/105

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

Report by Director for Children, Young People & Families (CMDSI4).

At its meeting on 25 January 2011 Cabinet considered a report on proposals to expand primary school places in Henley.  A consultation was carried out in Henley (9 June – 21 July 2010) to gather views on whether Trinity or Badgemore should be expanded permanently. Feasibility studies have been carried out at both schools to assess the accommodation requirements and capital implications for each expansion. 

The Governors of Trinity CE Primary School submitted at short notice an alternative, less expensive scheme to that agreed as part of the feasibility study and made representations to Cabinet. 

It was agreed to defer decision on this item to either the 1 March 2011 Cabinet Member for Schools Improvement Delegated Decisions meeting or to the next meeting of Cabinet on 15 March 2011, so that further advice could be given by the officers, taking into account consultation with both schools.  The outcomes of discussions with both schools are set out in this report to enable a decision on the consultation to be made. 

The Cabinet Member for Schools Improvement is RECOMMENDED to either:

(a)           approve the publication of a statutory notice for the expansion of Badgemore Primary School, Henley to 1 form entry, confirming that funds will be made available for the capital costs identified in paragraph 24 above; or

(b)           approve the publication of a statutory notice for the expansion of Trinity Primary School, Henley to 2 form entry, confirming that funds will be made available for the capital costs identified in paragraph 23 above.

to approve the publication of a statutory notice for the expansion of Badgemore Primary School, Henley to 1 form entry, confirming that funds will be made available for the capital costs identified in paragraph 24 above; or