Consideration was given to the outcomes of the
informal consultations held on the options identified by the
Locality Review and the subsequent recommendations.
RESOLVED
For the reasons set out in the report: -
That the proposed actions by the County Council in respect
of the Alsager, Congleton, Sandbach and Holmes Chapel Transforming
Learning Communities Review, following the recommendations made by
Cheshire County Council’s School Planning Select Panel on the
1 September 2008 be endorsed as follows: -
- To authorise statutory public consultation on the
possible closure of Church Lawton Primary School with effect from
September 2009;
- To authorise statutory public consultation on the
reduction in the net capacity of Offley Primary School to 315
places located in a single building, and the alternative use of the
premises of the former Offley Infant School as a centre for
delivering 14-19 education for the locality to be investigated; the
reduction in the net capacity of Sandbach Primary School to 105
places with the Children’s Centre for Sandbach and co-located
Children’s Services in the released
accommodation;
- To authorise to invite the Chester Diocesan Board
of Education and the Governors of Chelford CE Primary School to
develop proposals for the revision of the school’s net
capacity to 60 by re-designation of the use of one classroom in
such a way that future potential use of the building for an
expanded Chelford CE Primary School, should this become warranted,
is not compromised;
- To submit to the Cheshire East Unitary Authority
information relating to pupil numbers in the Holmes Chapel area
together with the proposed means for reducing capacity at Holmes
Chapel Primary School should this be warranted at a future
date;
- To authorise consultations and to request officers
to develop proposals in respect of the group of schools identified
for potential Federations, as described below:
Chelford CE VC, Peover Superior Endowed,
Lower Peover CE VA, Marton and District CE VA, Brereton
CE VA, Smallwood CEVC, Astbury St
Mary’s CE VA, Scholar Green, Woodcocks’ Well CE VC and
Goostrey Community;
- To authorise statutory consultation as part of the
admission arrangements for September 2010 in respect of changes in
Published Admission Numbers:
|
School
|
Current Net Capacity
|
Proposed Net Capacity
|
Current PAN
|
Proposed PAN
|
|
Haslington
Primary
|
329
|
280
|
50
|
40
|
|
Brereton CE
|
150
|
147
|
30
|
21
|
|
Sandbach Heath St
John’s
|
150
|
180
|
30
|
25
|
|
Marlfields
Primary
|
180
|
210
|
30
|
30
|
|
Buglawton
Primary
|
178
|
210
|
30
|
30
|
|
Astbury St
Mary’s CE
|
112
|
126
|
16
|
18
|
|
Scholar Green
|
210
|
180
|
30
|
25
|
|
Alsager
Highfields
|
233
|
233
|
40
|
37
|
|
Smallwood CE
|
112
|
126
|
16
|
18
|
|
Woodcocks’
Well CE
|
103
|
89
|
15
|
12
|
|
Goostrey Primary
|
182
|
209
|
26
|
30
|
|
Black Firs
Primary
|
240
|
270
|
40
|
38
|
|
TOTAL
|
2179
|
2230
|
353
|
320
|
Note: these are changes needed to align net
capacity and PAN in the light of current use of
accommodation
- To authoriseconsultation as part of the admission
arrangements for September 2010 on reduction in the published
admission number for Cranberry Primary School from 45 to 30, and to
ask officers to develop proposals for the use of the released
former infant school building which retained it for use as a
nursery and which enable the development of co-located
Children’s Services in such a way that future potential use
of the building for an expanded Cranberry Primary School, should
this become warranted, is not compromised;
- To authorise consultation as part of the admission
arrangements for September 2010 on the reduction in the published
admission number for Daven Primary School from 60 to 30 to give a
capacity of 210, with the released accommodation becoming available
as a centre to support multi-agency working in the Congleton
locality. There should be a review of the operation of primary
school catchment areas in and around Congleton.