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Education Estates Strategy

Decision Maker: Cabinet

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: Yes

Is subject to call in?: No

Decision:

A presentation including video was provided by Councillor Alisa Flemming for this agenda item, which is available on the meeting webcast.

 

The Leader of the Council has delegated to the Cabinet the power to make the executive decisions set out below:

 

School Place Planning

 

1.1 agree Croydon’s School Place Supply Strategy (tables 1, 2 & 3 in the report) for the next 3 academic years – 2018/19 to 2020/21 - and the funding to deliver these additional places (Appendix 1 to the report – Capital Programme Budget summary)

 

1.2 note the review of pupil projections undertaken in July – projections vs available school places – Appendix 2 to the report.

 

Special Educational Needs

 

1.3 note update on Croydon’s new special free school that has been approved by Department for Education (DfE)

 

1.4 note proposed partnership with Croydon Further Education (FE) college to establish new local post 16 places in an SEN Centre of Excellence

 

1.5 note the continued planned expansion of secondary autism Enhanced Learning Provision at Oasis Coulsdon and Oasis Arena.

 

School Admissions

 

1.6 agree to recommend to full Council that it determine the proposed Admission Arrangements for Croydon’s community schools for the 2019/20 academic year (Appendix 3), including the responses to consultation on the proposed reduction of the PAN for Norbury Manor and Monks Orchard Primary Schools (Appendix 3a to the report) and adoption of the proposed Pan London co-ordination arrangements (Appendix 3b to the report).

 

School Maintenance and Compliance

 

1.7 approve the proposed Schools’ Maintenance Plan for 2017/18 and 2018/19 – Appendix 4 to the report – including an additional £3m for fire safety works in community schools and as in previous years £2m for the 3 year programme for major maintenance work to be carried out in 2020/21.

Publication date: 02/02/2018

Date of decision: 22/01/2018

Decided at meeting: 22/01/2018 - Cabinet

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