Decision details

That having undertaken the required preliminary checks, the Executive Member resolved that the four key issues listed in paragraph 8.3 of the report have been satisfied and there can be a determination of the proposals as follows:

To lower the age range of Riccall Community Primary School to age 2-11 with effect from 1st September 2020.

*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.*

The Governing Body of Riccall CP School has asked the Local Authority to propose lowering of the age range of their school from 4-11 to 2-11 in order to offer nursery education for two and three year old children. Governors consulted with parents and the local community on their proposal from 2 March to 27 March, and subsequently extended to 1 April 2020.

The County Council’s Chief Executive Officer, under his emergency delegated powers and in consultation with Executive Members, considered the outcome of the governors’ consultation on 21 April 2020, and agreed to publish statutory proposals on 30 April. These proposals gave 4 weeks until 28 May for representations to be made. There have been no objections or responses to the statutory notice.

The Executive agreed a model for making decisions on school organisation proposals on 25 September 2007. Under this model, school organisation decisions, for which the decision-maker is the Local Authority, will 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 Education and Skills and for Children’s Services. As there have been no objections to this proposal, this decision is delegated to the Executive Member for Education and Skills.

In considering proposals, the Executive (or the Executive Member if there are no objections received during the representation period), as Decision Makers can decide to:

• reject the proposals;
• approve the proposals;
• approve the proposals with a modification;
• approve the proposals subject to them meeting a specific condition.

• reject the proposals;
• approve the proposals with a modification;
• approve the proposals subject to them meeting a specific condition.