Issue - meetings

In line with the School Place Planning Strategy approved by Cabinet in November 2015, Brent Council has proposed the expansion of Roe Green Infant School by including the Strathcona site and a change in its age-range at the Strathcona site. This proposal has the support of the Governing Body of Roe Green Infant School. This proposal makes permanent the provision called Roe Green Strathcona that was initially established on a temporary basis.

This report informs the Cabinet of the outcome of the statutory consultation on the proposal and recommends that the statutory proposal to expand and change the character of Roe Green Infant School be approved.

(i)         that approval be given to the expansion of Roe Green Infant School, a community school, by one form of entry (from 120 Reception places to 150 Reception places a year – 120 at the Princes Road site and 30 at the Strathcona Road site);

 (ii)       that the age-range of the Roe Green Strathcona site be changed from   4-9 to 4-11. These changes will take effect from 1 September 2016.

Councillor Moher, Cabinet Member for Children and Young People, introduced the report stating that, in line with the School Place Planning Strategy approved by Cabinet in November 2015, Brent Council has proposed the expansion of Roe Green Infant School by including the Strathcona site and a change in its age-range at the Strathcona site.

She stated that this proposal has the support of the Governing Body of Roe Green Infant School. This proposal mads permanent the provision called Roe Green Strathcona that was initially established on a temporary basis.

These changes, Councillor Moher stated, enabled the provision that was established temporarily at the Roe Green Strathcona site to be made a permanent part of the school and for the Strathcona Road provision to provide 30 places a year for children from Reception to Year 6.

Councillor Moher clarified that no change would be made to the Roe Green Infant provision at the Princes Avenue site which would continue to provide 120 places per year group for children from Reception to Year 2 as well as a nursery with 40 fulltime equivalent places.

She highlighted to members that the report informed the Cabinet of the outcome of the statutory consultation on the proposal and recommended that the statutory proposal to expand and change the character of Roe Green Infant School be approved. The representation period on the proposal ended on 24 March 2016. This report also informed the Cabinet of the responses to the informal and formal consultations.

RESOLVED:

(i)         that approval be given to the expansion of Roe Green Infant School, a community school, by one form of entry (from 120 Reception places to 150 Reception places a year – 120 at the Princes Road site and 30 at the Strathcona Road site);

(ii)        that the age-range of the Roe Green Strathcona site be changed from 4-9 to 4-11. These changes would take effect from 1 September 2016.