NORTH YORKSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL

Amalgamation of Harrogate, Grove Road Community Primary School and Woodfield Community Primary School, through the technical closure of Woodfield Community Primary School as a separate entity, and the enlargement of premises of Grove Road Community Primary School by expansion onto the Woodfield site

Part 1 – Woodfield Community Primary School – Discontinuance

Notice is given in accordance with section 15(1) of the Education and Inspections

Act 2006 that North Yorkshire County Council, County Hall, Northallerton, DL7 8AD, intends to discontinue Woodfield Community Primary School, Woodfield Road, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, HG1 4HZ on 31 August 2022.

Part 2 – Grove Road Community Primary School – Enlargement of premises by expansion onto an additional site

Notice is given in accordance with section 19(1) of the Education and Inspections

Act 2006 that North Yorkshire County Council, County Hall, Northallerton, DL7 8AD, intends to enlarge Harrogate, Grove Road Community Primary School, Grove Road, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, HG1 5EP from 1 September 2022, by expansion onto an additional site, using the site of Woodfield Community Primary School, Woodfield Road, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, HG1 4HZ.

The current capacity of Grove Road Community Primary School is 280 and the proposed capacity will be 350. The current number of pupils registered at the school is 292. The current admission number for the school is 40 and the proposed admission number will be 50. The current age range of the school is 3-11 and the proposed age range will be 3-11.

The proposals contained in Parts One and Two of this notice are all related.

Copies of the complete proposals can be obtained from: Strategic Planning - Children and Young People's Service, North Yorkshire County Council, County

Hall, Northallerton, DL7 8AD and are available on the County Council's website at

www.northyorks.gov.uk

Within four weeks from the date of publication of these proposals in Parts One and Two, any person may object to or make comments on the proposal by sending them to Strategic Planning - Children and Young People's Service, North Yorkshire County Council, County Hall, Northallerton, DL7 8AD, or emailing schoolorganisation@northyorks.gov.uk by 5pm on 31 March 2022.

Signed: B. Khan

Assistant Chief Executive

(Legal and Democratic

Services)

Publication Date: 3 March 2022