Decision details

Having complied with paragraph 15 of the Council’s Access to Information Procedure Rules:

(i)  To approve the expansion of Great Oaks from an Approved Pupil Number (APN) of 178 to an APN of 212

(ii)  To authorise the Service Director, Children and Families Services, in consultation with the Service Director - Finance & Commercialisation, to take any action necessary to give effect to aforementioned expansion.

1.  This report is submitted for consideration as a General Exception under paragraph 15 of the Access to Information Procedure Rules in Part 4 of the City Council’s Constitution, notice having been given to the Chair of the relevant Scrutiny Panel and the Public. The matter requires a decision to comply with the Council’s duty to fulfil its duty as the decision-maker in prescribed alteration to schools.

2.  The Local Authority has a statutory duty to ensure that all children who want a school place in the city are allocated one.

1.  Do nothing.  This would result in children not being allocated a place at Great Oaks and they will inevitably have to be accommodated in out of city schools at much increased cost to the Council.

2.  Increase the size of another school in the city.  Realistically, Great Oaks is the only school that can cater for the needs of these children.