Decision details
*Republished - no longer subject to call in* New primary school to serve Northallerton
Decision Maker: Executive Member for Education, Learning & Skills
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: Yes
Is subject to call in?: No
Decision:
To proceed with the Presumption Route process
for the establishment of a new primary school to serve
Northallerton to maintain school place sufficiency in response to
expected housing growth.
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.*
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.
In accordance with requirements the consultation was live on the
County Council’s website for 4 weeks and was publicised
through our social media and the local press. In addition
recognised stakeholders were sent a copy of the consultation
document via email.
The consultation drew 10 responses for Northallerton. Although this
may seem a low number it arguably reflects that the principle of
establishing new schools is understood and accepted by local
stakeholders who have already had the opportunity to respond to
earlier consultations on each school via the town planning process.
The responses that were received supported the principle of a new
school for Northallerton.
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: 10/11/2020