Issue - meetings

Recommendations:

Having undertaken the required preliminary checks, the Executive is asked to:

i)     Resolve that the issues listed above in section 9 have been satisfied and there can be a determination of the proposals.

ii)    Agree to cease to maintain Hovingham CE VC Primary School with effect from 31 March 2023.

iii)   Agree that from 1 April 2023:

·       The parishes of Gilling East, Grimstone, Cawton and the smaller part of Coulton parish which currently form a part of a shared catchment area between Hovingham CE and St Hilda’s CE will remain part of the St Hilda’s CE catchment area.

·       The parish of Stonegrave which was part of the discrete catchment area for Hovingham CE will also become part of the St Hilda’s CE catchment area.

·       The parish of Scackleton and the larger part of the parish of Coulton which were part of Hovingham’s discrete catchment area will become part of the catchment area for Terrington CE VA Primary School.

·       The parish of Fryton and the larger part of Hovingham Parish which formed part of the Hovingham catchment area will become part of the catchment area for Slingsby Community Primary School.

Considered – A report of the Corporate Director – Children and Young People’s Service, providing information upon which to determine the proposal to cease to maintain Hovingham Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School with effect from 31 March 2023, together with the future arrangements for the School’s current catchment area.

County Councillor Annabel Wilkinson introduced the report and drew attention to the public consultation that had been undertaken and the responses received, as detailed in Appendix A of the report.  Members noted:

·          The issues raised in in the one objection received to the statutory notices and agree none affected the fundamental reasons for consulting on closure.

·          The school currently had no pupils on roll, and no pending applications for places at the school.

·          There was no realistic prospect of Reception pupils requiring a place for September 2023.

The Executive therefore agreed the reasons for the proposal to close the school as laid out in the report, were correct and reluctantly agreed that closure was the only viable option at this stage. 

With that in mind, the Executive voted unanimously in favour of the recommendations, and it was

Resolved – That:

i)     The issues listed in section 9 of the report had been satisfied and there could be a determination of the proposals.

ii)    That the Local Authority cease to maintain Hovingham CE VC Primary School with effect from 31 March 2023.

iii)   As from 1 April 2023:

·       The parishes of Gilling East, Grimstone, Cawton and the smaller part of Coulton parish which currently form a part of a shared catchment area between Hovingham CE and St Hilda’s CE would remain part of the St Hilda’s CE catchment area.

·       The parish of Stonegrave which was part of the discrete catchment area for Hovingham CE would also become part of the St Hilda’s CE catchment area.

·       The parish of Scackleton and the larger part of the parish of Coulton which were part of Hovingham’s discrete catchment area would become part of the catchment area for Terrington CE VA Primary School.

·       The parish of Fryton and the larger part of Hovingham Parish which formed part of the Hovingham catchment area would become part of the catchment area for Slingsby Community Primary School.