Agenda item

In line with the School Place Planning Strategy approved by Cabinet in October 2014, the following alterations have been proposed by the relevant governing bodies in partnership with Brent Council:

·         Permanently expand Elsley Primary School by two forms of entry (2FE)

·         Permanently expand Uxendon Manor Primary School by two forms of entry (2FE)

This report informs the Cabinet of the outcome of the statutory consultations on the proposals to alter Elsley Primary School from September 2016 and Uxendon Manor Primary School from September 2015 through permanent expansion and recommends that the statutory proposals to

(i)         that approval be given to the permanent expansion of Elsley Primary School, a community school, by two forms of entry from September 2016, (conditional upon the grant of full planning permission under the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 by February 2016 or at such date as agreed by the Strategic Director Children and Young People and the Strategic Director Regeneration and Growth);

(ii)        that approval be given to the permanent expansion of Uxendon Manor Primary School, a community school, by two forms of entry from September 2015, (conditional upon the grant of full planning permission under the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 by December 2015 or at such date as agreed by the Strategic Director Children and Young People and the Strategic Director Regeneration and Growth).  In the event planning permission is not granted, the additional 60 Reception places for September 2015 will provide temporary bulge provision until the children leave the school after Year 6;

(iii)       that it be noted that alterations are to provide sufficient permanent primary school places in this region in line with the council’s statutory duties and its School Place Planning Strategy 2014.

The joint report from the Strategic Directors of Children and Young People and Regeneration and Growth advised the Cabinet that, in line with the School Place Planning Strategy approved by Cabinet in October 2014, alterations to permanently expand both Elsley Primary School and Uxendon Manor Primary School by two forms of entry (2FE) each have been proposed by the relevant governing bodies in partnership with Brent Council.

The representation period on the proposals ended on 16 July 2015 for Elsley Primary School and 9 July 2015 for Uxendon Manor School. Councillor McLennan (Lead Member, Housing and Development) in introducing the report, drew members’ attention to the outcomes of the consultation exercises for both schools which included a petition against the Elsley expansion and she advised that concerns relating to transportation would be dealt with as part of the planning process. She recommended that the proposals to expand the schools be approved subject to the grant of planning permission.

The Strategic Director, Children and Young People reminded the Cabinet that both schools had been judged ‘Good’ by Ofsted and so expansion was in line with the council’s School Place Planning Strategy.

RESOLVED:

(i)         that approval be given to the permanent expansion of Elsley Primary School, a community school, by two forms of entry from September 2016, (conditional upon the grant of full planning permission under the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 by February 2016 or at such date as agreed by the Strategic Director Children and Young People and the Strategic Director Regeneration and Growth);

(ii)        that approval be given to the permanent expansion of Uxendon Manor Primary School, a community school, by two forms of entry from September 2015, (conditional upon the grant of full planning permission under the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 by December 2015 or at such date as agreed by the Strategic Director Children and Young People and the Strategic Director Regeneration and Growth).  In the event planning permission is not granted, the additional 60 Reception places for September 2015 will provide temporary bulge provision until the children leave the school after Year  6;

(iii)       that it be noted that alterations were to provide sufficient permanent primary school places in this region in line with the council’s statutory duties and its School Place Planning Strategy 2014.