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Outcome of Statutory Notice on a proposal to change the age range of Wykebeck Primary School from 3-11 years to 2-11 years.

20/03/2023 - Outcome of statutory notice on a proposal to change the age range of Wykebeck Primary School from 3-11 to 2-11 with effect from September 2023

Further to Minute No. 93, 14th December 2022, the Director of Children and Families submitted a report regarding a proposal to lower the age range of Wykebeck Primary School from 3-11 years to 2-11 years and create Free Early Education Entitlement (FEEE) provision for 24 eligible 2-year-olds in the area. Specifically, the report also invited the Board to consider and note the outcomes from the statutory notice process and recommended approval of the proposal, as presented.

 

RESOLVED –

(a)  That the outcome of the statutory notice period, as detailed within the submitted report, be noted;

 

(b)  That the recommendation to permanently change the age range of Wykebeck Primary School from 3-11 to 2-11, with effect from September 2023, be approved;

 

(c)  That the resolutions within this minute be exempted from Call In for the reasons of urgency, as set out in paragraph 31 of the submitted report;

 

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

 

(The Council’s Executive and Decision Making Procedure Rules state that a decision may be declared as being exempt from the Call In process by the decision taker if it is considered that the matter is urgent and any delay would seriously prejudice the Council’s, or the public’s interests. In line with this, the resolutions contained within this minute were exempted from the Call In process, as per resolution (c) above, and for the reasons as detailed above and as set out within section 31 of the submitted report)