Decision details

To seek approval for the submission of an application to participate in, and to seek funding (for up to £350,000) from the Department for Education (DfE) under their newly announced Sector Led Improvement Partner (SLIP) Programme for 2024/2025. The DfE bid window is 4 weeks, running from 27th September to 1st November 2023.

It is considered that learning and progress can be even better if the two schools come together as a single school. It is considered that an amalgamated school would deliver a smoother transition between Key Stages and help to ensure that the good progress made by children at Key Stage 1 is maintained and built upon at Key Stage 2.

Sector-led improvement is about local authorities supporting each other to improve their children’s services. The programme aims to improve the overall performance of children’s social care by using the strongest performing local authorities to provide peer support to authorities who are working to improve their services. Sector led improvement support can be accessed by any local authority rated as inadequate or requires improvement, or by local authorities rated as good, where there is significant evidence of a decline in performance