Issue - meetings

To approve the Business Case for the rebuilding of Cranleigh Church of England Primary School, a 1 Form of Entry Infant and 2 Form of Entry Junior provision (330 places), in the grounds of the adjacent Glebelands Secondary School by July 2017 and the disposal of the two existing school sites to release funding to pay for the cost of the proposed scheme.  

N.B. An annex containing exempt information is contained in Part 2 of the agenda – item 18.

[The decisions on this item can be called in by the Council Overview Board and/or the Education and Skills Board]

RESOLVED:

That, subject to the agreement of the detailed financial information for the expansion as set out in agenda item 19 in Part 2 of the agenda, the business case for the provision of an additional 1 Form of Entry (210 places) primary places in Esher be approved.

Reasons for Recommendations:

The proposal supports the Authority’s statutory obligation to provide sufficient school places to meet the needs of the population in the Esher area.

[The decisions on this item can be called in by the Education and Skills Board]

The Cabinet Member for Schools, Skills and Educational Achievement introduced the report which was a business case for the expansion of Hinchley Wood Primary School from a 2 Form of Entry Primary (420 places) to a 3 Form of Entry Primary (630 places) creating 210 additional places in Claygate to help meet the basic need requirements in the Claygate area from September 2016.

She described the school as a popular and successful primary school with a ‘good’ Ofsted rating that is consistently oversubscribed. She referred to the consultation that had been undertaken in September 2014 and the concerns that had been raised about moving on to secondary school and adjustments have been made to the admissions arrangements to address this.

RESOLVED:

That, subject to the agreement of the detailed financial information for the expansion as set out in agenda item 19 in Part 2 of the agenda, the business case for the provision of an additional 1 Form of Entry (210 places) primary places in Esher be approved.

Reasons for Recommendations:

The proposal supports the Authority’s statutory obligation to provide sufficient school places to meet the needs of the population in the Esher area.