Issue - meetings

To consider the report of Director of Children and Families detailing proposals brought forward to meet the Local Authority’s duty to ensure a sufficiency of school places, specifically the proposal to expand secondary school provision at Benton Park Secondary School and seeking a final decision in respect of this proposal.

Further to Minute No. 89, 17^th October 2018, the Director of Children and Families submitted a report detailing proposals brought forward to meet the Local Authority’s duty to ensure a sufficiency of school places. Specifically, this report detailed a proposal to expand secondary school provision at Benton Park Secondary School and sought a final decision in respect of this proposal.

Members welcomed the proposed expansion of provision at Benton Park Secondary School, and responding to a Member’s enquiry, the Board received further information on the actions being taken which aimed to deliver increased funding where it was required for other schools of a similar priority.

RESOLVED –

(a)  That the proposal to permanently expand secondary provision at Benton Park Secondary School from a capacity of 1225 pupils to 1500 pupils, with an increase in the admission number from 245 to 300, with effect from September 2021, be approved;

(b)  That it be noted that the implementation of the decision (as above) is subject to feasibility and planning permission, as indicated at section 4.4.1 of the submitted report, and that the proposal has been brought forward in time for places to be delivered for 2021;

(c)  That it be noted that the responsible officer for the implementation of such matters is the Head of Learning Systems.