Decision Maker: Executive Member for Education, Learning & Skills
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: Yes
Is subject to call in?: Yes
To seek approval to begin a consultation on a
proposal to cease to maintain Hovingham Church of England Voluntary
Controlled Primary School from Easter 2023
To approve public consultation on a proposal
that the County Council should close Hovingham Church of England
Voluntary Controlled Primary School from 31 March 2023
There are currently no pupils on roll at
Hovingham CE so there will be no immediate
requirement to assist parents with seeking alternative places in
the event of closure.
The Federation between Hovingham and St Hilda’s Primary
Schools has been in
place since 2016. The schools have operated an Executive
Headteacher
arrangement with leadership costs apportioned between each school,
as is typical of
federations. The potential closure of Hovingham School would result
in the existing
Federation being dissolved. In that event there would need to be
permanent future
leadership and governance arrangements established for St
Hilda’s. This would be
expected, given the size of the school, to once again include an
Executive
Headteacher model with leadership shared with another school(s),
and the potential
for this arrangement to extend to federated governance across a
group of schools
None.
Publication date: 26/10/2022
Date of decision: 18/10/2022
Effective from: 27/10/2022
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