Decision details

To consider the outcome of the consultation and make a final decision on the proposed merger of Whitgreave Infant School with Whitgreave Junior School.

1. That, in accordance with statutory guidance, the outcomes of Informal Consultation and Formal Consultation (Representation) on the proposed merger of Whitgreave Infant School with Whitgreave Junior School be endorsed.

2. That the discontinuance of Whitgreave Infant School be approved with effect from 31 August 2018 in accordance with Section 15(1) of the Education and Inspections Act 2006 to facilitate the merger of Whitgreave Infant School with Whitgreave Junior School with effect from 1 September 2018; and

3. That both the lowering of the age range from 7 to 11 years to 3 to 11 years and the enlargement of the school premises of Whitgreave Junior School (to include the physical capacity of Whitgreave Infant School’s buildings) be approved in accordance with Section 19(1) of the Education and Inspections Act 2006 to facilitate the merger of Whitgreave Infant School with Whitgreave Junior School with effect from 1 September 2018. 

1.    That it be noted that the recommendations detailed in 2 and 3 above are related proposals which are interdependent and cannot be considered in isolation of one another.