Issue details

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

Agenda items

Documents

  • Report and outcomes of consultation exercises.