Issue - meetings

41.1     The Lead Member considered a report by the Director of Children’s Services seeking approval to publish a statutory notice in respect of a proposal to lower the age range at Cradle Hill Community Primary School from 4-11 to 2-11.

41.2     RESOLVED – the Lead Member approved:

1) to authorise the publication of a statutory notice in respect of a proposal to lower the age range at Cradle Hill Community Primary School from 4-11 to 2-11. The proposal will take effect from 1 April 2022: and

2) to delegate authority to the Director of Children’s Services to amend the proposal prior to its publication, if required.

Reason

41.3     The proposal to lower the age range at Cradle Hill Community Primary School

from 4-11 to 2-11 will enable nursery provision to be re-established on the school

site. It will support the governing board’s vision to integrate, fully, nursery provision

into the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) to offer high quality early education to

families in the local area. Feedback from the initial consultation was positive, with all respondents supportive of the proposal. A local needs survey also indicated local support for nursery provision on the school site.