Decision details

That the following proposal be determined:

To transfer Bishop Thornton CE Primary School to a new site at Burnt Yates near Harrogate, North Yorkshire, HG3 3EJ (the former premises of Burnt Yates Church of England Primary School) from 1 September 2019.

*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 Bishop Thornton Church of England (VC) Primary School published statutory proposals on 2 May 2019 to transfer the school to a new site at Burnt Yates, near Harrogate (utilising the former premises of Burnt Yates Church of England Primary School) with effect from 1 September 2019.

Statutory notices were published on 2 May 2019 for a period of four weeks until 30 May 2019 and within that time no representations were received regarding the proposals.

As a Voluntary Controlled Primary School, the school organisation regulations and guidance require proposals for transfer to a new site to be published by the Governing Body and to be determined by the County Council. The Governors met on 5 June, after the statutory notice period had ended, and agreed unanimously to formally ask the Executive Member for Education and Skills for approval of this proposal.

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 Member for Education and Skills.

In considering proposals for a school expansion, the Executive Member for Education & Skills as decision maker can decide to:
? reject the proposals
? approve the proposals
? approve the proposals with modifications
? approve the proposals subject to them meeting a specific condition