Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: Yes
Decisions:
RESOLVED:
That Cabinet consider the responses to the consultation received on the draft Successful, Sustainable, Viable Schools: Infant & Junior Amalgamation Policy and approve it as Council policy.
Reasons for decision
Cabinet approved an updated Infant and Junior School Amalgamation Policy, following due consideration of the responses to the consultation. Cabinet considered that amalgamation was a positive way to develop and progress a school organisation, particularly given financial pressures.
The Cabinet Member for Children, Families & Education outlined the potential for separate school arrangements to be unsustainable going forward and expressed the Council’s aspiration for all schools to be successful and how this could be met, therefore, through a one-school approach.
Alternative options considered and rejected
Cabinet could have decided not to progress an updated policy on amalgamation.
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Children, Families & Education |
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Expiry date for any scrutiny call-in / date decision can be implemented (if no call-in) |
5pm, Friday 9 September 2022 |
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Officer(s) to action |
Nav Minhas |
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Directorate |
Education & SEND Directorate |
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Classification |
Public - The report and any background papers relating to this decision by the Cabinet are available to view on the Council's website or by visiting the Civic Centre, Uxbridge. |
Publication date: 02/09/2022
Date of decision: 01/09/2022
Decided at meeting: 01/09/2022 - CABINET
Effective from: 10/09/2022
Accompanying Documents:
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