Agenda, decisions and minutes

Forward Plan Ref: 2018/135

Contact: Barbara Chillman, Service Manager, Pupils Place Planning Tel: 07554 103418

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

The report seeks approval for the revised Oxfordshire Pupil Place Plan, covering the period 2018/19 – 2022/23.

The Plan includes present and predicted future pupil numbers on roll, together with information about birth rates, school capacity, and new housing. The plan sets out proposed changes in the number of school places available over the next year and it suggests where other changes may be necessary in the future. The plan also sets out our policies on school organisation and the statutory framework for making changes such as opening, closing or enlarging schools. The Pupil Place Plan does not itself propose service changes, but collates proposals which have been made, or are expected.

The Pupil Place Plan is updated annually, based on revised data and comments from schools.

TheCabinet Member is RECOMMENDED to approve the Oxfordshire 2018-2022 Pupil Place Plan.

Forward Plan Ref: 2018/136

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

Report by Director for Children’s Services (CMDECS5).

The Cabinet meeting of 4 September 2012 approved a process for the identification of sponsors for new academies to meet the needs of population growth such as this which requires a new secondary school for 2020. It was subsequently agreed in the meeting of 15^th July 2014 that the final recommendation should be a decision delegated to the cabinet member responsible for Education. 

This process has been followed and has now reached the point where a preferred provider has been identified from a group of 3 short-listed bidders which were assessed against criteria.

The cabinet member is asked to agree the recommended provider which will be submitted to the Secretary of State for Education for a final decision.

However, the Department for Education has directed that the recommendation must not be made public, therefore this has to be kept confidential.

The Cabinet Member for Education & Cultural Services is RECOMMENDED to approve the preferred provider to be submitted to the Secretary of State for Education for final agreement.