Issue - meetings
Expansion of Wolvercote Primary School, Oxford to 1.5 Form Entry
Meeting: 16/07/2013 - Cabinet (Item 87)
87 Expansion of Wolvercote Primary School, Oxford to 1.5 Form Entry 
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Cabinet Member: Children, Education & Families
Forward Plan Ref: 2013/085
Contact: Diane Cameron, School Organisation Officer Tel: (01865) 816445
Report by Director for Children’s Services (CA16).
The proposal is to permanently increase the school admission number at Wolvercote Primary School to 45 from 30. This means that each year group would consist of up to 45 places, taught in mixed-age classes, making a maximum total of 315 pupils.
This proposal is to formally change the admission number to 45 on a permanent basis from September 2014. This proposal is related to a concurrent option appraisal on how the necessary accommodation required might be provided.
The current capacity of the school is 210 and the proposed capacity will be 315. The current admission number for the school is 30 and the proposed admission number will be 45.
The expansion is proposed due to proposed housing development in the area and increase in population.
The final decision on whether to approve expansion of Wolvercote Primary School is referred to the Cabinet at the meeting on 16 July 2013.
The Cabinet is RECOMMENDED to approve the permanent expansion of Wolvercote Primary School with effect from 1 September 2014.
Additional documents:
- CA_JUL1613R12 Annex 1 Statutory Notice Extract Wolvercote Primary School, item 87
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- CA_JUL1613R13 Annex 2 Full proposal Wolvercote, item 87
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Minutes:
Cabinet had before them a report on a proposal to permanently increase the school admission number at Wolvercote Primary School to 45 from 30 from September 2014.
Councillor Tilley in moving the recommendations commented that in future it was intended that if possible decisions such as this would be dealt with as a delegated decision. Cabinet supported this move but stressed that it was important that where there were serious objections that they could still be considered by Cabinet.
RESOLVED: to approve the permanent expansion of Wolvercote Primary School with effect from 1 September 2014.