Issue details
Determination of the Statutory Proposal of the Governing Body of Ashton CofE Voluntary Aided Middle School
Determination of the statutory proposal of the Governing Body of Ashton CofE Voluntary Aided Middle School to change the school's age range from 9 to 13 years Middle School to an 11 to 16 years Secondary School with effect from September 2015.
Decision type: Key
Reason Key: Effects more than 1 ward;
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Wards affected: Caddington; Dunstable Central; Dunstable Icknield; Dunstable Manshead; Dunstable Northfields; Dunstable Watling;
Notice of proposed decision first published: 09/04/2014
Open/Exempt: Open;
Decision due: 27 May 2014 by EXECUTIVE
Date Comment: 26/04/14
Comment: Comments by 26/04/14 to Contact Officer:
Lead member: Families, Education and Children - Executive Member and Lead Member for Children's Services
Lead director: Director of Children's Services
Contact: Helen Redding, Assistant Director School Improvement Email: helen.redding@centralbedfordshire.gov.uk Tel: 0300 300 6057 helen.redding@centralbedfordshire.gov.uk Tel: 0300 300 6057.
Consultation process
Consultation has been undertaken by the Governing Body through public meetings and publication of consultation materials in two phases, the first of which was from 14 January 2014 to 3 March 2014 with the following:
Chairs of Governors for all Central Bedfordshire schools & academies
Head Teachers of all Central Bedfordshire schools and academies
Dunstable PCC
Ashton Schools Foundation
Houghton Regis Ward Members
Dunstable Ward Members
All Central Bedfordshire Council Ward Members
Ashton Middle School parents/carers
Ashton Middle School staff
Ashton Middle School governors
Houghton Regis Town Council
Dunstable town Council
Local MPs
Trade Unions
General public.
The initial phase of consultation was followed by the publication of a statutory notice and prescribed information, as required by regulation, between the 17 March 2014 and 14 April 2014 with the following:
The Council
The parents and carers of every pupil at the school
The Diocese of St. Albans
The Aston Schools Foundation.
Decisions
- 29/05/2014 - Determination of the Statutory Proposal of the Governing Body of Ashton CofE Voluntary Aided Middle School
Agenda items
- 27/05/2014 - EXECUTIVE Determination of the Statutory Proposal of the Governing Body of Ashton CofE Voluntary Aided Middle School 27/05/2014
Documents
- Report and outcomes of consultation exercises.