Agenda and minutes

Forward Plan Ref: 2011/179

Contact: Barbara Chillman, Principal Officer, School Organisation & Planning Tel: (01865) 816459

Report by Interim Director for Children, Education & Families (CMDSI4).

Eynsham Primary School has a Published Admission Number of 45. However, the school has admitted over this number in both September 2010 and September 2011. The school’s Published Admission Number for 2012 is 45, but it is expected that they will again accept over this number. Demand for pupil places across Oxfordshire generally has risen and in Eynsham additional homes in new housing developments are in the process of being constructed and occupied: therefore the expectation is that the rise in pupil numbers will be sustained. The village is identified by the District Council as a possible settlement suitable for expansion in the medium to long term.

As a result, the proposal is to expand Eynsham Primary School permanently to become a 2 form entry school with an admission number of 60. This would bring the number of children on roll at the school up to a maximum of 420 children (excluding the Nursery).

The Cabinet Member for Schools Improvements is RECOMMENDED to approve the publication of a Statutory Notice for the expansion of Eynsham Primary School.

To approve the publication of a Statutory Notice for the expansion of Eynsham Primary School.

Forward Plan Ref: 2011/166

Contact: Simon Pickard, Children, Education & Families Business Partner Tel: (01865) 797512

Report by Interim Director for Children, Education & Families (CMDSI5).

Oxfordshire’s Fair Funding Formula for schools has not been fundamentally reviewed or changed in the 20 years since it was introduced. The last significant formula change was the delegation of the Statementing budget introduced in 2006-07. Cabinet previously agreed in May 2009  that a strategic review should be undertaken. This review commenced in April 2010 and has been fully supported by Schools Forum with representatives of Schools Forum on both the Project Board and the Project Working Group.

The report seeks approval of the proposed changes to the Fair Funding Formula for Oxfordshire’s schools from 1 April 2012.

The Cabinet Member for Schools Improvement is RECOMMENDED to:

(a)                Consider the recommendations made by Schools Forum at their meeting of 1 February 2012; and

(b)                approve the changes to the school funding formula for 2012-13 as summarised at paragraph 7 above.

to approve the changes to the school funding formula for 2012-13 as referred to at paragraph 7 in the report submitted and detailed in the accompanying papers.