Issue - meetings

That, subject to the agreement of the detailed financial information for the expansion as set out in agenda item 17 in Part 2 of this agenda, the business case for the provision of an additional 1 form of entry (210 places) primary places in Leatherhead be approved.

Reasons for Decisions:

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

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

The Cabinet Member for Schools and Learning said that this was the first of three reports being considered by Cabinet today, which demonstrated that the County Council was pressing ahead with its school expansion programme. She thanked officers from Education and Property Services who were working hard to deliver this programme and requested that Cabinet approved the business case for the expansion of St Peter’s Catholic Primary School from a 1 Form of Entry primary (210 places) to a 2 Form of Entry primary (420 places) creating 210 additional places in Leatherhead, to help meet the basic need requirements in this area.

She stated that St Peter’s Catholic School was a popular school which had been judged ‘good’ by Ofsted. Finally, she confirmed that the expansion had the support of the Diocese of Arundel and Brighton and that the planning application would be considered by the Planning and Regulatory Committee in the Autumn.

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RESOLVED:

That, subject to the agreement of the detailed financial information for the expansion as set out in agenda item 17 in Part 2 of this agenda, the business case for the provision of an additional 1 form of entry (210 places) primary places in Leatherhead be approved.

Reasons for Decisions:

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