Issue - meetings

Please note that Appendix 'A' to this report is in Part II and appears as Item No. 16 on the Agenda.

Cabinet considered a report to increase secondary school places in Burnley for admission in the 2021/22 academic year, due to the closure of Hameldon Community College.

It was noted that the financial implications of the report were set out in Appendix 'A' of the report and were listed at item 16 in the "Part II" section of the agenda.

Resolved: That;

  i.  A temporary increase, for one year only, in the admission number of Blessed Trinity Roman Catholic College School from 250 to 280 places and Burnley High School from 120 to 130 places, be approved; and

  ii.  The capital expenditure detailed in Appendix 'A' of the report to deliver an ICT room refurbishment and ICT equipment provision for Blessed Trinity Roman Catholic College and the delivery of internal works at Burnley High School to provide additional classrooms and enclose open plan classrooms to facilitate an increased admission number for 2021, be approved.