On 4 November 2015 approval was granted by the Cabinet Member for Children, Young People and Schools to proceed with a programme of capital improvement/expansion projects in maintained schools, including the provision of additional places to regularize admission numbers and addressing suitability issues as identified by Ofsted, to be funded from the Schools Single Capital Pot, in a report entitled "Capital Strategy for Schools 2015/16 to 2017/18".
One of the projects included in this programme is the proposal to allow a permanent increase in Reception intakes from 35 to 45 places at St George's CE Primary School in Chorley from September 2017.
Between 16 November 2015 and 14 December 2015 a consultation was carried out on the proposed expansion of the school.
Decision type: Non-key
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Divisions affected: Chorley Rural West;
Notice of proposed decision first published: 08/02/2016
Decision due: 8 Feb 2016 by Cabinet Member for Children, Young People and Schools
County Councillor Matthew Tomlinson
Contact: Ben Terry Email: ben.terry@lancashire.gov.uk Tel: 01772 531774.