Issue - meetings

To consider the report of the Chief Executive of Education Leeds seeking permission to consult on the latest proposals to ensure the authority meets its statutory duty to ensure sufficiency of primary school places.

The Chief Executive of Education Leeds submitted a report seeking  permission of Executive Board to consult on the latest proposals to ensure the authority meets its statutory duty to provide enough primary school places in 2012/13.

The six proposals outlined in the submitted report would create a total of 240 places for September 2012. The creation of new places was dependent on additional land being secured for educational use, the required consultation and statutory processes being followed, and sufficient capital resources being secured from the DfE.

Approval was also being sought to make available the sites listed in the report for expanding educational provision and to support the consultation on the proposals identified.

RESOLVED -

a)  That permission to consult on the proposals contained in Paragraphs 3.3 – 3.8 of the report be given.

b)  That a report detailing the outcome of the consultation be submitted for consideration at a future meeting of the Executive Board

c)  That the earmarking and utilisation of the sites listed in the report for the proposals outlined be agreed

d)  That an approach to the DfE for the necessary capital funding for these proposals be agreed.