Decision details
*re-published: call-in no longer applies* Lowering the Age Range of Burton Salmon CP School
Decision Maker: Executive Member for Education, Learning & Skills
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: Yes
Is subject to call in?: No
Decision:
That the following proposal be determined having undertaken the
required preliminary checks:
To lower the age range of Burton Salmon Community Primary School to
age 3-11 with effect from 1 January 2020.
Reasons for the decision:
*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 Burton Salmon CP School has asked the Local
Authority to propose lowering of the age range of their school from
4-11 to 3-11 in order to offer nursery education for three year old
children.
All 3 and 4 year olds are entitled to 15 hours per week of free
Early Years Foundation Stage education from the beginning of the
school term following their 3rd birthday until compulsory school
age. This has become 30 hours of care for working parents. This
free entitlement can be taken in a maintained school nursery, a
‘foundation stage’ class and/or in an Ofsted registered
private and voluntary sector setting. It is parental choice as to
which type of provision is most appropriate for their child and
most convenient for individual circumstances. Burton Salmon CP
School currently provides education for children from 4-11 years.
There is no nursery provision within the village and Governors have
been aware for some time that some of their children do not access
nursery education.
The Governing Body of Burton Salmon CP School consulted with
parents and the local community on their proposal from 9 September
to 4 October 2019. The Executive met on 15 October 2019 and
considered the outcome of the governors’ consultation. They
agreed to publish statutory proposals on 24 October giving 4 weeks
until 21 November for representations to be made. There have been
no objections or responses to the statutory notice.
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.
Alternative options considered:
In considering proposals for a change in age
range, 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 (as set out in paragraph 8 of Schedule 3 to the
Prescribed Alterations Regulations) – not considered
applicable for this proposal.
Publication date: 14/04/2021
Date of decision: 03/12/2019