Issue - meetings

Cabinet Member: Education

Forward Plan Ref: 2011/135

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

Report by Director for Children’s Services (CA14).

This proposal is directly related to the development of 1585 new houses in Bicester, known as the Kingsmere development. In November / December 2010, the governing body at St Edburg’s CE (A) Primary School Bicester ran a public consultation to gauge opinion on the proposal to expand the school from 1 to 2 form entry and to alter the lower age range to admit 3 year olds. As a consequence of the proposal, the school would be relocated to the Kingsmere development and become its designated area school in a new purpose-built building.?

This report follows the completion of the statutory notice period (Stage Two) and requires a final decision to be made on the proposal.????

The Cabinet is RECOMMENDED to approve the permanent expansion of St Edburg’s CE (A) Primary School, Bicester and the alteration to its lower age range with effect from 1 September 2014.

Cabinet considered a report seeking approval to the permanent expansion of St Edburg’s CE (A) Primary School, Bicester and the alteration to its lower age range with effect from 1 September 2014.

Councillor Shouler, as a local Councillor and Mr Damian Booth, Head at St Edburg’s School spoke in support of the proposal.

RESOLVED:             to approve the permanent expansion of St Edburg’s CE (A) Primary School, Bicester and the alteration to its lower age range with effect from 1 September 2014.

N.B. As set out under Rule 17(a) of the Scrutiny Procedure Rules, this decision was exempt from Call-In as it was deemed urgent and any delay would have seriously prejudiced the Council’s interests, in that the Cabinet’s role would be negated by referral to the Schools’ Adjudicator if the decision was not taken within two months of the end of the Statutory Notice, in this case being 30 May 2012.