Issue - meetings

Cabinet considered a report on the process and decision making arrangements for commissioning a new school, including an update to the assessment framework, (last agreed by the Cabinet Member for Children, Young People and Schools in September 2014) taking into account the most recent guidance from the Department for Education.

The report also sought permission to commence the consultation process with regard to the commissioning of a new primary school on the Higher Standen Farm site in Clitheroe.

Resolved: That:

  i.  the information contained within the report and appendices be noted.

  ii.  the use of the updated Department for Education 'Establishing a New School: Free School Presumption' guidance and associated framework be approved.

  iii.  the undertaking of a consultation on the establishment of a new primary school in Clitheroe be approved, in accordance with the process and framework contained within this report.