Issue - meetings

That, subject to the agreement of the detailed financial information for the expansion as set out in agenda item 19 in Part 2 of this agenda, the business case for the provision of a new 420 place school and 26 place nursery on a new site providing an additional 1 Form of Entry (210 places) primary places in West Molesey 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 Elmbridge 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]

This was the final school expansion report to be considered by Cabinet today and was introduced by the Cabinet Member for Schools and Learning, who confirmed that Hurst Park Primary School was another popular school judged ‘good’ by Ofsted.

She asked for Cabinet approval for the business case to build a brand new 2 form of entry (420 places) primary school with a 26 place nursery on a new site (the former John Nightingale Special School), to replace the existing Hurst Park school and to enable the expansion of the school from its current 1 form of entry primary (210 places) and nursery to a 2 form of entry primary (420 places) creating 210 additional places places in West Molesey, to help meet the basic need requirements in the Elmbridge area. 

She acknowledged the concerns of some local residents re. parking and additional traffic and confirmed that Highways officers would be working towards mitigating these issues. Finally, she said that planning permission had been recently agreed by the Planning and Regulatory Committee, but was subject to certain conditions relating to car parking issues.

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 this agenda, the business case for the provision of a new 420 place school and 26 place nursery on a new site providing an additional 1 Form of Entry (210 places) primary places in West Molesey 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 Elmbridge area.