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Cabinet Member: Cabinet Member for Children, Education and Young People’s Services

Forward Plan Ref: 2024/088

Contact: Barbara Chillman, Pupil Place Planning Manager (Barbara.Chillman@oxfordshire.gov.uk)

Report by Corporate Director: Children’s Services  ( CMDCEYPS ).

The Leader of the Council, Cllr Liz Leffman, welcomed everybody to the meeting and explained that she was substituting for the Cabinet Member for Children, Education and Young People’s Services, Cllr John Howson, as he was unavailable, as per the Constitutional provision in Part 4.4, Section 2 (b).

Officers noted that the request to change category came from the school itself. The Chair noted the report stated that the school would have to provide some funding and officers confirmed that they were confident that the school would be able to achieve this.

After a question regarding consultation responses from the Chair, officers stated that the majority of respondents were in support of the changes.

The Chair thanked officers for their work and agreed to the recommendation in the report.

RESOLVED to:

a)     Approve the proposal from the Governing Board of Aston Rowant CE Primary School to change its category from Voluntary Controlled to Voluntary Aided, with effect from 1 June 2024.