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*Republished - no longer subject to call in* Springhead School – Satellite Specialist Sixth Form Provision

Decision Maker: Executive Member for Education, Learning & Skills

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: Yes

Is subject to call in?: No

Decision:

That having undertaken the required preliminary checks, the Executive Member resolved that the four key issues listed in paragraph 8.2 of the report have been satisfied and there can be a determination of the proposals as follows:

To formally confirm the establishment of satellite specialist sixth form provision for Springhead School on the former Graham Lower School site in Scarborough and to confirm an increase in available capacity at the school.

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.*

In 2017, in response to a specific pressure on places at Springhead School, the Local Authority supported the school through an informal consultation on moving their Sixth Form provision onto a site at Lady Edith’s Drive in Scarborough. This had formerly been the Graham Lower School Site and was vacant at that point. This proposal was subsequently agreed and implemented by the Governing Body of Springhead School. This decision was temporary and it was noted that the decision would be reviewed within three years and if the proposal was to be continued then a formal statutory process would need to be followed.

On 31 March 2020 the Executive approved the publication of statutory proposals to formally confirm the establishment of satellite specialist sixth form provision for Springhead School on the former Graham Lower School site in Scarborough and to confirm an increase in available capacity at the school. This followed careful consideration of the responses to public consultation carried out by the Children and Young People’s Service. The statutory proposals were published on 23 April 2020, giving 4 weeks until 21 May 2020 for representations to be made. Following the publication of the Statutory Notices, only one response was received by the end of the notice period in support of the proposals.

In considering proposals, the Executive (or the Executive Member for Schools, 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.

Alternative options considered:

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

Publication date: 16/04/2021

Date of decision: 09/06/2020