Decision details
*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