Decision details

Decision details

Commissioning of New School Places in Biggleswade for September 2017

Decision Maker: EXECUTIVE

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: Yes

Is subject to call in?: Yes

Purpose:

This report to the Council's Executive will consider the outcome of the consultations by Biggleswade Academy Trust and the Governing Body of St Andrews Lower School, Biggleswade, each to expand by one form of entry (30 places in each lower school year group) by September 2017. The Council's Executive will be invited to support the proposals.

Decision:

1.      That the responses received to the consultations by Biggleswade Academy Trust and the Governing Body of St Andrews Church of England VC Lower School, Biggleswade, each to expand by 1 form of entry (30 places in each lower school year group) by September 2017 be noted.

2.      That the commencement of capital expenditure, as set out in the report, subject in respect of Biggleswade Academy Trust to the approval of the proposal by the Education Funding Agency, and subject to the grant of planning permissions under Part 3 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, be approved.

Report author: Rob Parsons

Publication date: 04/08/2016

Date of decision: 02/08/2016

Decided at meeting: 02/08/2016 - EXECUTIVE

Effective from: 12/08/2016

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