Agenda, decisions and minutes

Forward Plan Ref: 2018/070

Contact: Lucy Mills, School Organisation Officer Tel: 07586 478794

Report by Director for Children’s Services (CMPHE4).

This report follows a public consultation on the educational specification for a new primary school. The planned new school will be in NE Wantage, as part of the Crab Hill / Kingsgrove housing development which forms part of the county council's long term educational strategy for the town.

The consultation process and responses received are summarised in the report and a draft specification is recommended for formal approval, against which potential sponsors will submit their Expressions of Interest in running the new school.

The Cabinet Member for Public Health & Education is RECOMMENDED to approve the specification for the new primary school for NE Wantage, Oxfordshire.

Forward Plan Ref: 2018/027

Contact: Lucy Mills, Schools Organisation Officer Tel: 07586 478794

Report by Director for Children’s Services (CMDPHE5).

The Governing Body of Kingham Primary School, working with the Local Authority, is proposing to alter the school’s age range from 4-11 to 2-11, to provide a nursery offering 48 part time equivalent funded places

Kingfishers Playgroup, which currently operates on the school site under a lease from the local authority, has voted to close at the end of the summer term 2018. This is due to ongoing pressures in maintaining the voluntary community committee structure, particularly in terms of administrative management and responsibility. The school governors wish to ensure that early years provision continues to be available at the school.

The Cabinet Member for Public Health & Education is RECOMMENDED to approve the proposed change of age range at Kingham Primary School.