Issue - meetings

The report provides Cabinet with a new School Place Planning Strategy covering the period 2019 to 2023.

RESOLVED that:

      i.        Cabinet approved the new School Place Planning Strategy 2019–2023 provided as set out in Appendix 1 of the report.

    ii.        Cabinet noted that demand for Reception places was expected to continue to reduce over the next five years before recovering to the 2018 level of demand in 2022/23.

   iii.        Cabinet noted that demand for secondary places was increasing with a need for an additional 13 forms of entry by 2023/24 to meet demand and ensure there was sufficient capacity to manage in-year admissions.

   iv.        Cabinet noted the anticipated increase in demand for places that meet the needs of children and young people with SEND places and planned strategies for addressing this need.

    v.        Cabinet noted the strategy for ensuring sufficient Early Years provision.

Councillor Amer Agha, Cabinet Member for Schools, Employment and Skills,

introduced the report providing Cabinet with a new School Place Planning Strategy covering the period 2019 to 2023.

Councillor Agha stated that the School Place Planning Strategy 2019-23 includes the latest projections for primary and secondary school places and demand for places for children with Special Educational Needs and  disabilities (SEND) and early years provision.

RESOLVED that:

      i.        Cabinet approved the new School Place Planning Strategy 2019–2023 provided as set out in Appendix 1 of the report.

    ii.        Cabinet noted that demand for Reception places was expected to continue to reduce over the next five years before recovering to the 2018 level of demand in 2022/23.

   iii.        Cabinet noted that demand for secondary places was increasing with a need for an additional 13 forms of entry by 2023/24 to meet demand and ensure there was sufficient capacity to manage in-year admissions.

   iv.        Cabinet noted the anticipated increase in demand for places that meet the needs of children and young people with SEND places and planned strategies for addressing this need.

    v.        Cabinet noted the strategy for ensuring sufficient Early Years provision.