Decision details

Proposal to Consult on the Expansion of Deepdale Infant School by Extending the Age Range and the Closure of Deepdale Junior School

Decision Maker: Cabinet Member for Children, Young People and Schools

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: No

Purpose:

Between 22 April 2014 and 9 June 2014 the authority consulted on proposals to close Deepdale Junior School, with effect from 31 December 2014, and to expand Deepdale Infant School by extending the age range from 3 – 7 years to 3 – 11 years to become a primary school with a capacity for 630 pupils, with effect from 1 January 2015. Under the statutory process, the authority is now required to consider the responses to the consultation and to decide whether to proceed to the next stage and publish Statutory Notices of the proposals. The purpose of this report is to provide the information necessary for that decision to be taken.

 

Decision:

County Councillor Matthew Tomlinson, the Cabinet Member for Children, Young People and Schools:

 

(i)  noted the consultation arrangements which were undertaken and the responses that were received in respect of the authority's proposals; and

 

(ii)  approved that the authority publishes Statutory Notices of its proposals to close Deepdale Junior School, with effect from 31 December 2014 and to expand Deepdale Infant School by extending the age range from 3 – 7 years to 3 – 11 years to become a primary school with a capacity for 630 primary age pupils, with effect from 1 January 2015.

 

Divisions Affected: Preston Central North;

Contact: Ben Terry Email: ben.terry@lancashire.gov.uk Tel: 01772 531774.

Date of decision: 14/07/2014

Effective from: 18/07/2014

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