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That, subject to the agreement of the detailed financial information for the expansion set out in agenda item 16 in Part 2 of this agenda, the business case for the provision of an additional 1 Form of Entry (120 junior places) at Cleves Junior School be approved.

Reasons for Decisions:

The proposal supports the Authority’s statutory obligation to provide sufficient school places, relative to demand.

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

This report to approve the Business Case for the expansion of Cleves Junior School from a 5 Form of Entry junior (600 places) to a 6 Form of Entry junior (720 places), creating 120 additional junior places to help meet the basic need requirements in the Weybridge area for September 2016, was also introduced by the Cabinet Member for Schools, Skills and Educational Achievement.

She said that this junior school was an academy which had been rated by Ofsted as ‘outstanding’. She acknowledged that this was a large junior school but said that the proposals for its expansion had been subject to consultation and had been well received.

The expansion would include a new building comprising six classrooms. There would also be internal adaptations to an existing building to expand the dining area and there would be significant highway improvements to address the congestion around the school site.

Finally, she said that she hoped that the planning application would be agreed by the Planning and Regulatory Committee in May 2016.

RESOLVED:

That, subject to the agreement of the detailed financial information for the expansion set out in agenda item 16 in Part 2 of this agenda, the business case for the provision of an additional 1 Form of Entry (120 junior places) at Cleves Junior School be approved.

Reasons for Decisions:

The proposal supports the Authority’s statutory obligation to provide sufficient school places, relative to demand.