Agenda, decisions and minutes
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Petitions and Public Address Minutes: Mr David Rivers, Oxford Mail – Agenda Item 4 Councillor Lynda Atkins – Agenda Item 5 |
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Forward Plan Ref: 2014/183 Contact: Diane Cameron, School Organisation Officer Tel: (01865) 816445 Report by Director for Children’s Services (CMDCEF4). The proposal is
to close West Kidlington Nursery School and alter the
age range at West Kidlington Primary School to enable
the establishment of a Nursery class. This will effect a “merger” between the
two currently separate establishments. The introduction
in April 2011 of the Early Years Single Funding Formula, which funds eligible
children attending settings, rather than the number of places provided (as
previously), means there is now no financial advantage in the two
establishments being separate. This proposal’s intention is to maintain the same level of high quality
early years places while improving the financial viability and long term future
of this provision. As set out under
Rule 17(a) of the Overview & Scrutiny Procedure Rules, this decision is
exempt from Call-In as it is deemed urgent and any delay would seriously
prejudice the Council’s interests, in that the
decision must be made within 2 months of the close of the notice period; as a
consequence, it is necessary for the Chairman of the Council to determine that
the decision cannot be subject to ‘call-in’ as this would, in most cases, prevent
a decision being finalised within the required timescale and mean that the
Cabinet Member’s role would be negated by referral to the Schools’ Adjudicator. The Cabinet Member for Children, Education & Families is
RECOMMENDED to approve the closure of West Kidlington
Nursery School and the linked extension of age range of West Kidlington Primary School. Additional documents:
Minutes: Recommendations Agreed |
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Home to School Transport for RAF Benson Forward Plan Ref: 2015/010 Contact: Neil Darlington, Admissions & Transport Services Manager Tel: (01865) 815844 Report by Director for Children’s Services (CMDCEF5). The Council has undertaken a consultation with the families living at RAF Benson, the public, the headteachers of the three schools involved upon a proposed amendment to the Home to School Transport Policy. The proposed change is intended to address a capacity issue in the area of RAF Benson which can be resolved without significant additional cost to the council or the secondary schools involved. The report contains an analysis of the responses to the consultation. The Cabinet Member is asked to consider the consultation responses and then to decide which, if any, of the proposed changes are to be implemented. The Cabinet Member for Children, Education &
families is RECOMMENDED to adopt
the following proposals: (a)
to provide free travel
for those of statutory school age from RAF Benson to Icknield Community
College; (b)
to review the need for
this provision on an annual basis since it concerns capacity and likely demand. Additional documents:
Minutes: Recommendations Agreed |
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Recommended Sponsor for New Primary School in Banbury at Longford Park Forward Plan Ref: 2014/109 Contact: Diane Cameron, School Organisation Officer Tel: (01865) 816445 Report by Director for Children’s Services (CMDCEF6). The Cabinet
meeting of 4 September 2012 approved a process for the identification of
sponsors for new academies to meet the needs of population growth such as this
which requires a new primary school for 2016. In July 2014 Cabinet agreed that
the decision on the preferred option could be delegated to the Lead Member for
Children Education and Families. This process has
been followed and has now reached the point where a preferred provider has been identified from a
group of 2 short-listed bidders which were assessed against criteria. The Lead Member
is asked to agree the preferred provider which will be submitted to the
Regional Schools Commission for a final decision. The Cabinet Member is RECOMMENDED to agree GLF Schools as the
recommended provider to be submitted to the Regional Schools Commissioner for
final agreement. |