Decision Maker: Chief Executive Officer
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: Yes
Is subject to call in?: No
After consideration of a report of the
Corporate Director Children and Young People’s Service
regarding the outcome of the public consultation carried out on a
proposal to close Clapham Church of England Voluntary Controlled
Primary School, and after consultation with Executive Members, the
Chief Executive Officer agreed that:
(i)Statutory proposals be published on 23 April 2020, proposing to
cease to maintain Clapham CE VC Primary School with effect from 31
August 2020; and that the catchment areas of Austwick CE VC Primary
School and Bentham CP School be extended from 1 September 2020 to
jointly serve the area currently served by Clapham CE VC Primary
School.
(ii)A final decision on the proposal be taken on 9 June 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.*
Decision taken by Richard Flinton, Chief Executive Officer, under
his emergency delegated powers and in consultation with Executive
Members.
The proposal consulted on was that the local authority would cease
maintaining the school from 31 August 2020 and that the catchment
areas of both Austwick CE VA Primary School and Bentham Community
Primary School would be extended to form a shared catchment area to
serve the area currently covered by Clapham CE Primary School. 27
individual consultation responses had been received, the bulk of
which covered issues relating to the catchment area proposal. Three
responses indicated support for the closure and three indicated
opposition.
A great deal of work had been done by the local community to
support the long term future of the school but the falling number
of pupils on roll meant that it was not sustainable and it was
important to give clarity to people in Clapham and the surrounding
area.
Publication date: 28/04/2021
Date of decision: 31/03/2020