Agenda and minutes

Delegated Decisions by Cabinet Member for Children, Education & Families - Monday, 10 February 2014 12.00 pm

Venue: County Hall, Oxford

Contact: Deborah Miller  Tel: (01865) 815384; EMail: deborah.miller@oxfordshire.gov.uk

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Petitions and Public Address

5.

Specification for Future New Primary School at Barton West pdf icon PDF 113 KB

Forward Plan Ref: 2013/159

Contact: Diane Cameron, School Organisation Officer Tel: (01865) 816445

 

Report by Director for Children’s Services (CMCEF4).

 

This report follows a public consultation run from 6 November 2013 - 18 December 2013 to gauge local opinion on the type of new school required for Barton West (Barton Park) housing development in Oxford.

 

Following the consultation, the results of which are summarised and discussed in this report, an educational specification for the new school has been written and is attached at Annex 1 for approval by Cabinet Member.

 

This complies with the agreed policy procedure for selecting a recommended sponsor for a new school in Oxfordshire.

 

The Cabinet is asked to note the outcomes of the consultation into a new school for Barton West (Barton Park) and RECOMMENDED to approve the specification as the basis for seeking academy providers for the school.

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Report on Consultation into New Schools in Bicester pdf icon PDF 105 KB

Forward Plan Ref: 2013/168

Contact: Diane Cameron, School Organisation Officer Tel: (01865) 816445

 

Report by Director for Children’s Services (CMDCEF5).

 

This report follows a public consultation run from 18 November 2013 - 17 January 2014 to gauge local opinion on the strategy for education across Bicester and the type of new school required for the North West Bicester (Eco-Town) housing development.

 

Following the consultation, the results of which are summarised and discussed in this report, an educational specification for the first new primary school has been written and is attached at Annex 1 for approval by Cabinet Member.

 

This complies with the agreed policy procedure for selecting a recommended sponsor for a new school in Oxfordshire.

 

A further report will go before Cabinet Member in the near future, setting out a proposed school capacity strategy for the Bicester area.

 

The Cabinet is asked to note the outcomes of the consultation on a school capacity strategy for Bicester and into a new school for North West Bicester (Eco-Town) and RECOMMENDED to approve the specification as the basis for seeking academy providers for the school.

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