Issue - meetings
Commissioning of New School Places in Leighton Buzzard for September 2020
Meeting: 05/02/2019 - EXECUTIVE (Item 115)
To seek approval of additional middle and upper school places in the Ward of Leighton Buzzard North through the expansion of Gilbert Inglefield Academy and Vandyke Upper School (academy) for September 2020.
Additional documents:
- Appendix A - Schools for the Future - New School Places, item 115 PDF 231 KB
- Appendix B - Schools for the Future - New School Places, item 115 PDF 83 KB
- Appendix C - OSC Comments, item 115 PDF 42 KB
Decision:
1. That the new school places required in Leighton Buzzard be approved to meet the Council’s statutory duty under The Education and Inspections Act 2006, by noting the positive responses received to the consultation by the governing bodies of Gilbert Inglefield Academy and Vandyke Upper School to the expansion of each school by 2 forms of entry (60 places in each year group) by September 2020.
2. That the Director of Children’s Services be authorised, in consultation with the Executive Member for Families, Education and Children, to approve the capital expenditure as set out in the report. This is subject to approval of the proposals by the Department for Education, and subject to the granting of planning permissions under Part 3 of the Town and Country Planning Act.
Minutes:
The Executive considered a report from the Executive Member for Families, Education and Children that provided the outcome of the consultation undertaken by the governing body of:
· Gilbert Inglefield Academy to expand the school by 2 forms of entry (60 places in each year group) by September 2020; and
· Vandyke Upper School (academy) regarding the proposal to expand the school by 2 forms of entry (60 places in each year group) by September 2020.
Reason for decision: To ensure that local schools were provided for local children.
RESOLVED
1. that the new school places required in Leighton Buzzard be approved to meet the Council’s statutory duty under The Education and Inspections Act 2006, by noting the positive responses received to the consultation by the governing bodies of Gilbert Inglefield Academy and Vandyke Upper School to the expansion of each school by 2 forms of entry (60 places in each year group) by September 2020; and
2. that the Director of Children’s Services be authorised, in consultation with the Executive Member for Families, Education and Children, to approve the capital expenditure as set out in the report. This was subject to approval of the proposals by the Department for Education, and subject to the granting of planning permissions under Part 3 of the Town and Country Planning Act.
The decision was unanimous.