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Proposals to Extend Welbourne Primary, Belmont Infants and Lancastrian Primary Schools

 

 

Meeting: 20/12/2011 - Cabinet (Item 101)

101 Proposals to Expand Welbourne Primary, Belmont Infants and Lancasterian Primary Schools From Two Form to Three Forms of Entry pdf icon PDF 3 MB

(Report of the Director of Children’s Services – To be introduced by the Cabinet Member for Children’s Services): To consider proposals with respect to the expansion of the three schools.

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Minutes:

Cabinet considered a report that presented responses that had been received to consultation on the proposed expansions. The report also sought agreement to proceed with the issuing of statutory notices on each school with regard to the intention to expand from them from two to three forms of entry.   

 

RESOLVED:

 

  1. That the feedback from the first round of stakeholder consultation be noted.

 

  1. That the analysis of other factors influencing the provision of and demand for school places in Haringey be noted.

 

  1. That it be noted that there would not be sufficient school places to meet projected need if additional reception places were not created in the Borough.

 

  1. That it be noted that the provision of sixty additional school places from September 2012, as a result of the DfE’s approval of E-ACT’s proposal to provide a primary free school in the Borough might impact on the need to provide additional school places (as detailed in paragraphs 5.13 – 5.16 of the report).   

 

  1. That the recommendation that statutory notices be published with regard to the proposed expansions of Belmont Infant and Junior schools, Lancasterian Primary School and Welbourne Primary school be agreed. (While the report recommended the publication of statutory notices on all three primary schools, it might be appropriate, once the location of the free school provision for 2012 was established, to publish a further statutory notice(s) withdrawing the intention to expand one or more of the above primary schools. The publication of statutory notices would mark the commencement of a further four week consultation period with stakeholders and would take place in January 2012).

 

  1. That it be agreed that the preliminary design work as required for potential expansions be carried out concurrently with the consultation on statutory notices, such design work to ensure that, in the event that any of the expansions go ahead, the project(s) could be delivered within the required timescale. It is recommended that only RIBA stages A, B and C would be undertaken until there was certainty with regard to which schools would be expanded. Detailed design would be the subject of in depth consultation with the school(s) if the expansion(s) went ahead.