Issue - meetings

RESOLVED:

1.    That Cabinet endorses the School Organisation Plan 2024 which will meet our statutory duties to ensure that there are sufficient high-quality places for pupils in Surrey and refers it to Council to approve its publication.

Reasons for Decisions:

The School Organisation Plan is a key document used by schools and education stakeholders in considering medium- and long-term plans. Sufficiency of high-quality school places is a key statutory duty and underpins a great education for all and therefore, it is necessary to review the plan to ensure that the best and most up to date information is published for use in this process. This will encourage collaborative and collegiate planning and will provide greater transparency and understanding to local communities.

(The decisions on this item can be called-in by the Children, Families, Lifelong Learning & Culture Select Committee)

The Cabinet Member for Children, Families and Lifelong Learning introduced the report  explaining that Cabinet was being asked to consider the Surrey School Organisation Plan covering the academic years from September 2024-2034 and recommend it to Council for publication. Sufficiency of high-quality school places is a key statutory duty and underpins a great education for all, supporting Surrey County Council’s guiding mission that no one is left behind. The School Organisation Plan highlights the likely demand for school places projected over a 10 year period and provides context as to how the educational landscape has changed and it's likely to change in the future. The Council had created over 10,000 additional places over the last five years in both in mainstream and specialist provision.

RESOLVED:

1.    That Cabinet endorses the School Organisation Plan 2024 which will meet our statutory duties to ensure that there are sufficient high-quality places for pupils in Surrey and refers it to Council to approve its publication.

Reasons for Decisions:

The School Organisation Plan is a key document used by schools and education stakeholders in considering medium- and long-term plans. Sufficiency of high-quality school places is a key statutory duty and underpins a great education for all and therefore, it is necessary to review the plan to ensure that the best and most up to date information is published for use in this process. This will encourage collaborative and collegiate planning and will provide greater transparency and understanding to local communities.

(The decisions on this item can be called-in by the Children, Families, Lifelong Learning & Culture Select Committee)