Determination of Proposals for Commissioning of New School Places for Implementation in September 2014.

1.   (i)         That the procedures established by The Education and Inspections Act 2006 (EIA 2006) and The School Organisation (Prescribed Alterations to Maintained Schools) (England) Regulations 2007 as amended by The School Organisation and Governance (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2007 and The School Organisation and Governance (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2009, have been complied with in bringing forward the proposal to expand Church End Lower School, Marston as outlined in this report.

      (ii)        That the representations received in respect of the Church End Lower School proposal to the statutory notice as set out in Appendix B to the report, issued on the 17 June 2013 under Section 19(1) of the Education and Inspections Act 2006 be noted following consideration.        

      (iii)       That the statutory proposal to expand Church End Foundation Lower School from a 270 place lower school for pupils aged 4+ to 9 to a 450 place lower school for pupils aged 4+ to 9 be approved through the creation of a new second campus on a new site with an implementation date of September 2014.  The school would have an admission number of 60 for the Church Walk site and an admission number of 30 at the new Marston Park site;

(iv)              That the detailed business case attached at Appendix C to the report be approved, thereby approving the commencement of the project and related expenditure, subject to the grant of planning permission under Part 3 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 by 1 February 2014.

2.         That the detailed capital business case attached at Appendix D to the report to expand the Academy of Redborne Upper School from its current capacity of 1450 places to provide 1649 places with an implementation date of September 2014 be approved, thereby approving the commencement of the project and related expenditure, subject to the grant of planning permission under Part 3 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 by 1 February 2014.

3.         That the detailed capital business case attached at Appendix E to the report to expand the Academy of Alameda Middle School from its current capacity of 600 places to provide 720 places with an implementation date of September 2014 be approved, thereby approving the commencement of the project and related expenditure, subject to the grant of planning permission under Part 3 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 by 1 February 2014.