Issue - meetings

[To consider the outcomes of the consultation on the proposed formal removal of Bushbury Hill Primary School’s Resource Base and approve the formal removal of the resource base provision at Bushbury Hill Primary School]

Councillor Claire Darke presented the outcomes of the initial consultation and formal consultation (representation) on the proposed formal removal of Bushbury Hill Primary School’s resource base.

Bushbury Hill Primary School (located within the Fallings Park ward) was registered as a community primary school with resource base provision for pupils with SEMH difficulties. It was an improving school with strong leadership judged ‘Good’ by Ofsted. However in 2015 the School failed to obtain the government’s Key Stage 2 Floor Standards and outcomes for disadvantaged pupils, were below expectations.

In light of the challenges Bushbury Hill Primary School was facing it was recommended that a proactive approach be adopted and that the resource base was removed in order to allow the school to focus on continuing to improve standards. 

The Council had not commissioned any resource base places within the school for the 2016/17 financial year and there are no children on the Placement Forward Planning List seeking a place at the school. No children would be displaced as a consequence of this proposal.

Councillor Claire Darke requested approval to implement the proposed prescribed alteration.

Resolved:

1.     That in accordance with statutory guidance, the outcomes of Initial Consultation and Formal Consultation (Representation) on the proposed formal removal of Bushbury Hill Primary School’s resource base be formally considered.

2.     That the formal removal of the resource base provision at Bushbury Hill Primary School be approved.