Decision Maker: Executive Member for Education, Learning & Skills
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: Yes
Is subject to call in?: No
To approve consultation on a proposal that the
County Council should establish a new primary school to maintain
school place sufficiency in response to expected housing growth in
Northallerton.
*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.*
New school sites and accompanying developer contributions have been
secured through section.106 agreements for Knaresborough and North
Northallerton. Planning approval has been secured for both sites
and procurement will commence during Autumn 2020. The expected
opening date for both schools is September 2022 but this will be
kept under review in light of ongoing uncertainty caused by the
pandemic.
The new schools will be free schools in accordance with the DfE
free school presumption guidance issued in November 2019. The
presumption route contains an expectation that LAs will have
undertaken stakeholder consultation prior to commencing the process
which seeks to secure an academy sponsor for each school.
North Northallerton is a total development of 859 dwellings on
which development has started leaving 646 dwellings to be completed
and occupied. The proposed new school would serve the immediate
growth area formed by the North Northallerton development area, and
also support general school place sufficiency in Northallerton for
the medium to long-term.
Publication date: 16/04/2021
Date of decision: 15/09/2020