Decision details

That having undertaken the required preliminary checks, the Executive Member resolved that the four key issues listed in paragraph 8.2 have been satisfied and there can be a determination of the proposals.

That the following proposal be determined:

1. To cease to maintain Skipton Ings Community Primary and Nursery School with effect from 31 December 2017.

2. To extend the catchment area of Christ Church Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School to serve the area currently served by Skipton Ings Community Primary and Nursery School with effect from 1 January 2018.

*PLEASE NOTE This decision was originally published on or near the date of the decision and so call in no longer applies. It has been re-published as part of the change in committee management system that we use.*

On 17 October 2017 the Executive approved the publication of statutory proposals to close Skipton Ings Community Primary and Nursery School with effect from 31 December 2017. This followed careful consideration of the responses to the public consultation carried out between 26 June and 15 September 2017. The statutory proposals were published on 26 October 2017 giving four weeks until 23 November 2017 for representations to be made. Two anonymous responses were received to the statutory notices both in support of the closure.

Under the arrangements agreed by Executive on 25 September 2007, school organisation decisions, for which the decision maker is the Local Authority, will normally be taken by the County Council’s Executive or, if there are no objections to the Statutory Notice, the decision is delegated to the Executive Members for Schools.