Agenda, decisions and minutes

Any county councillor may, by giving notice to the Proper Officer by 9 am two working days before the meeting, ask a question on any matter in respect of the Cabinet Member’s delegated powers.

The number of questions which may be asked by any councillor at any one meeting is limited to two (or one question with notice and a supplementary question at the meeting) and the time for questions will be limited to 30 minutes in total. As with questions at Council, any questions which remain unanswered at the end of this item will receive a written response.

Questions submitted prior to the agenda being despatched are shown below and will be the subject of a response from the appropriate Cabinet Member or such other councillor or officer as is determined by the Cabinet Member, and shall not be the subject of further debate at this meeting. Questions received after the despatch of the agenda, but before the deadline, will be shown on the Schedule of Addenda circulated at the meeting, together with any written response which is available at that time.

Forward Plan Ref: 2012/104

Contact: Debbie Rouget, Early Years & Child Care Sufficiency & Access Manager Tel: (01865) 810617

Report by Director for Children’s Services (CMDE4).

The statutory notice for the proposed change of age range at Stanton Harcourt school by reducing the age range from 4-11 to 3-11 by the addition of a nursery class/ Foundation Stage Unit was issued on 28 September 2012. The statutory period expired on 9th November and no objections were received.

The Cabinet Member for Education is asked to consider the proposal as the 'decision-maker' under the Education & Inspections Act 2006. This requires consideration of the proposal against the factors that must be considered as laid down in statutory guidance. The responses received as part of the informal consultation which were reported to the meeting where the publication of statutory notices was agreed (10 September 2012) are available. The report requires the cabinet member to reject the proposal or approve it, or approve it with a modification or subject to meeting a specific condition.

The Cabinet Member for Education 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.