Agenda and decisions

Cabinet Member for Children and Learning Decisions - Wednesday, 13 March 2013 2.30 pm

Venue: County Hall, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey KT1 2DN

Contact: Anne Gowing  020 8541 9938 Email: anne.gowing@surreycc.gov.uk

Items
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1.

DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST

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    To receive any declarations of disclosable pecuniary interests from Members in respect of any item to be considered at the meeting.

     

    Notes:

    ·        In line with the Relevant Authorities (Disclosable Pecuniary Interests) Regulations 2012, declarations may relate to the interest of the member, or the member’s spouse or civil partner, or a person with whom the member is living as husband or wife, or a person with whom the member is living as if they were civil partners and the member is aware they have the interest.

    ·        Members need only disclose interests not currently listed on the Register of Disclosable Pecuniary Interests.

    ·        Members must notify the Monitoring Officer of any interests disclosed at the meeting so they may be added to the Register.

    ·        Members are reminded that they must not participate in any item where they have a disclosable pecuniary interest.

2.

PROCEDURAL MATTERS

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2a

Members' Questions

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    (i)    The deadline for Member’s questions is 12pm four working days before the meeting (xx xxxx 2012).

     

2b

Public Questions

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    The deadline for public questions is seven days before the meeting (actual deadline date).

     

2c

Petitions

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    The deadline for petitions was 14 days before the meeting, and no petitions have been received.

     

3.

A proposal to relocate Portesbury Special School, Camberley from its current location to a new site and to increase the capacity of the school from 70 to 105 places pdf icon PDF 727 KB

    Surrey County Council has recently consulted on a proposal to expand and relocate Portesbery Special School from its current location to the old Blackdown Primary School site, GU16 6TA. The new school would be open by September 2015 with 105 places.

     

    The Cabinet Member approved the publication of a statutory notice for this proposal on 15 January 2013 (see Annex 1 for a copy) with all representation due by 7 March 2013.

     

    The Cabinet Member is asked to consider any formal representations to the public notice before taking the final decision on whether to implement the proposal.

     

    [The decisions on this item can be called in by the Education Select Committee]

    Decision:

    1.       That the proposal be implemented and Portesbery Special School be relocated to the old Blackdown Primary School site and expanded from 70 to 105 places.

     

    2.       That officers prepare a full planning application to be considered by the Planning Authority and that the proposal be implemented subject to the agreed budget set by Cabinet.

     

4.

To determine a proposal to expand Esher CofE (VC) High School pdf icon PDF 55 KB

    Secondary School rolls are set to rise significantly across Surrey from 2015 onwards as larger pupil cohorts move out of the primary sector. Esher C of E High School has already taken one additional form of entry in the previous two years in order to meet local need and to build capacity within Elmbridge. To ensure sufficient provision of secondary school places in the longer term Surrey County Council is proposing the permanent expansion of Esher High School with effect from 1 September 2015.

     

    [The decisions on this item cam be called in by the Education Select Committee]

    Decision:

    1.         That the school be enlarged by 2 forms of entry (from 6 FE to 8 FE).

     

    2.         That the school undertakes a building remodelling programme on its present site managed by Surrey County Council. This will add teaching accommodation and improve the use of space on campus and enable the school to accommodate 1200 students (PAN 240).

     

    3.         That this expansion be effective from 1 September 2015.

     

5.

Proposed Expansion of St Martin's CofE VA Infant and Junior Schools, Epsom pdf icon PDF 79 KB

    In order to meet a local need for primary school places it is proposed that St Martin’s Infant and Junior Schools permanently expand from 2 to 3 forms of entry. 

     

    [The decisions on this item can be called in by the Education Select Committee]

    Decision:

    1. That the admission for St Martin’s Infant School be approved as 3 FE from September 2014

     

    2. That the admission for St Martin’s Junior School be approved as 3 FE from September 2017  

     

    3. That additional accommodation be built at both schools and a suitable travel plan be agreed.

     

6.

Charlwood Infant School: Change to a Primary School - decision pdf icon PDF 66 KB

    Surrey County Council in partnership with the Governing Body of Charlwood Infant School is proposing that Charlwood Infant School becomes a primary school with a Published Admission Number of 15 on 1 September 2013.

     

    On 11 September 2012 the Cabinet Member for Children and Learning approved the publication of statutory notices. Funding issues had to be resolved and the notices were published on 17 January 2013.

     

    The notice period has expired and the Cabinet Member needs to consider the proposals and act as Decision Maker and, giving regard to the Decision Maker’s Guidance, to examine the Prescribed Information and determine the proposals - decide whether to approve the proposals.

     

    [The decisions on this item cam be called in by the Education Select Committee]

    Additional documents:

    Decision:

    (1)        That Charlwood Primary School would decrease its Published Admission Number from 30 to 15 on 1 September 2013.

     

    (2)        That no Year 2 children would remain on roll at Charlwood Primary School, but would continue to progress to other schools for their junior education.

     

    (3)        That the school would become a restricted age primary school.

     

    (4)        That Charlwood Primary School would extend its age range by 1 year on 1 September 2016.

     

    (5)        That Charlwood Primary School would then extend its age range by 1 year each year until 1 September 2019, when it would become an all-through primary school.