Issue - meetings

Forward Plan Ref: 2011/179

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

Report by Interim Director for Children, Education & Families (CMDSI4).

Eynsham Primary School has a Published Admission Number of 45. However, the school has admitted over this number in both September 2010 and September 2011. The school’s Published Admission Number for 2012 is 45, but it is expected that they will again accept over this number. Demand for pupil places across Oxfordshire generally has risen and in Eynsham additional homes in new housing developments are in the process of being constructed and occupied: therefore the expectation is that the rise in pupil numbers will be sustained. The village is identified by the District Council as a possible settlement suitable for expansion in the medium to long term.

As a result, the proposal is to expand Eynsham Primary School permanently to become a 2 form entry school with an admission number of 60. This would bring the number of children on roll at the school up to a maximum of 420 children (excluding the Nursery).

The Cabinet Member for Schools Improvements is RECOMMENDED to approve the publication of a Statutory Notice for the expansion of Eynsham Primary School.

To approve the publication of a Statutory Notice for the expansion of Eynsham Primary School.