Carr Hill High School and Sixth Form Centre, Kirkham has approached the local authority in relation to the future of its post 16 provision. The school has asked the local authority to start the formal statutory process to consult on the proposal to discontinue its post 16 sixth form provision, by permanently lowering its age range from 11-18 years to 11-16 years, with effect from 31 August 2019. Under The School Organisation (Prescribed Alterations to Maintained Schools) (England) Regulations 2013 and the Department for Education's (DfE) statutory guidance, Making 'Prescribed Alterations' to Maintained Schools, which was published in April 2016, the local authority must be the proposer for this type of significant change and carry out a statutory process, which includes publication, representation, decision, rights of appeal and implementation. In line with this, the authority is now required to decide whether to publish a Statutory Notice on the proposal to consult on the future of this provision.
Decision type: Non-key
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Divisions affected: Fylde East; Fylde South; Fylde West; Lytham; Preston Central East; Preston East; Preston South East; St Annes North; St Annes South; Wyre Rural Central;
Notice of proposed decision first published: 07/12/2017
Anticipated restriction: Part I -
Decision due: 7 Dec 2017 by Cabinet
Lead member: Cabinet Member for Children, Young People and Schools
Contact: Sarah Hirst Email: Sarah.Hirst@lancashire.gov.uk Tel: 01772 531842.