Agenda
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Meeting: |
Executive |
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Councillors Carl Les (Chairman), Gareth Dadd, Derek Bastiman, Michael Harrison, Simon Myers, Janet Sanderson, David Chance, Keane Duncan, Greg White and Annabel Wilkinson. |
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Date: |
Tuesday, 22nd August, 2023 |
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Time: |
11.00 am |
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Venue: |
Civic Centre, St Luke's Avenue, Harrogate, HG1 2AE |
This meeting is being held as an in-person meeting that is being broadcasted and recorded and will be available to view via www.northyorks.gov.uk/livemeetings.
Recording is allowed at Council, committee and sub-committee meetings which are open to the public, please give due regard to the Council’s protocol on audio/visual recording and photography at public meetings. Anyone wishing to record is asked to contact, prior to the start of the meeting, the Democratic Services Officer whose details are at the foot of the first page of the Agenda. We ask that any recording is clearly visible to anyone at the meeting and that it is non-disruptive.
Business
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1. |
Apologies for Absence
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Minutes of the Meeting held on 18 July 2023
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(Pages 5 - 12) |
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Declarations of Interest
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Public Participation |
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Members of the public may ask questions or make statements at this meeting if they have given notice to Will Baines of Democratic and Scrutiny Services and supplied the text (contact details below) by midday on Thursday 17 August 2023, three working days before the day of the meeting. Each speaker should limit themselves to 3 minutes on any item. Members of the public who have given notice will be invited to speak: · at this point in the meeting if their questions/statements relate to matters which are not otherwise on the Agenda (subject to an overall time limit of 30 minutes); · when the relevant Agenda item is being considered if they wish to speak on a matter which is on the Agenda for this meeting. If you are exercising your right to speak at this meeting, but do not wish to be recorded, please inform the Leader who will instruct anyone who may be taking a recording to cease while you speak.
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Proposal to amalgamate Wavell Community Junior School and Catterick Garrison, Wavell Community Infant School to create a single 3-11 primary school across both school sites |
(Pages 13 - 68) |
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Recommendations: i) The Executive is recommended to give approval to publish a statutory notice and statutory proposals on 11 September 2023 proposing:
· To amalgamate Catterick Garrison, Wavell Community Infant School and Wavell Community Junior School through the technical closure of Wavell Community Junior School as a separate entity and the enlargement and change of age range of Catterick Garrison, Wavell Community Infant School to create a single 3-11 primary school across both school sites, with effect from 8 April 2024.
· To reduce the PAN applicable to the Reception Year of the newly amalgamated school to 60 for the 2024/25 academic year and beyond.
ii) That the Executive schedule taking a final decision on these proposals on 17 October 2023.
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Proposal to establish a new special school provision for Autistic children aged 11-19 at the former Woodfield Community Primary School, Harrogate from 1 September 2024 |
(Pages 69 - 118) |
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Recommendation: It is recommended that approval be given to undertake the required Presumption Route process to establish a new special school for Autistic children aged 11-19 at the former Woodfield Community Primary School in Harrogate, with a target opening date of September 2024.
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Early Years Supplemental Grant |
(Pages 119 - 130) |
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Recommendations: The Executive is asked to:
i. Provide approval for the acceptance of the Early Years Supplementary Grant which is scheduled to be received in September 2023 with the initial grant funding allocation estimated to be £1.8m.
ii. Provide approval for the Early Years Supplementary Grant to be paid in full to early years providers, as per the DfE requirement, at the funding rates detailed in section 4.2 of this report.
iii. Provide approval for the payment of the Early Years Supplementary Grant to commence in the local authority monthly payment to early years providers in September 2023. The Executive is asked to note that the payment will be required to be processed in advance of the conditions of grant being received from the DfE.
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Appointments to Committees and Outside Bodies
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(Pages 131 - 132) |
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Forward Plan
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(Pages 133 - 149) |
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Any Other Items |
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Any other items which the Leader agrees should be considered as a matter of urgency because of special circumstances
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Date of Next Meeting - Tuesday 29 August at 11am at County Hall, Northallerton. |
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Members are reminded that in order to expedite business at the meeting and enable Officers to adapt their presentations to address areas causing difficulty, they are encouraged to contact Officers prior to the meeting with questions on technical issues in reports.
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Contact Details: |
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Enquiries relating to this agenda please contact Will Baines, Principal Democratic Services & Scrutiny Officer Tel: 01609 533885 or e-mail: william.baines@northyorks.gov.uk
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Barry Khan
Assistant Chief Executive