Decision details

RESOLVED: To

School Admission

1.    agree to recommend to full Council that it determine the proposed community schools’ Admission Arrangements for the 2022/23 academic year (Appendix 1);

2.    approve the continued adoption of the proposed Pan London scheme for co-ordination of admissions to Reception and Junior schools as set out at Appendix 1a of the report; and adoption of the proposed Pan London scheme for co-ordination of admissions to secondary schools as set out at Appendix 1b of the report;

School Place Planning

3.    approve the Capital Programme Budget summary (as set out at Appendix 2 of the report);

School Maintenance and Compliance

4.    approve the proposed Schools’ Maintenance Plan (as set out at Appendix 3 of the report) for 2021/22 with an overall budget cost of £2.945m;

5.    Delegate authority to the Executive Director, Children, Families and Education to vary the proposed Schools’ Maintenance Plan to reflect actual prices and new urgent issues that may arise, including authorising spend against the allowance for emergency and reactive works. The Executive Director, Children, Families and Education shall report back to members in respect of any exercise of such authority;

School Place Planning

Academy conversion

6.    note the change of status of Woodcote Primary to an academy;

Early Years

7.    note the 2020 Childcare Sufficiency Assessment report as set out at  Appendix 4 of the report;

           Special Educational Needs and Disability(SEND)

8.    note that the SEND Estates strategies are contributing positively to the development of local provision maintaining some of our most challenging and vulnerable children and young people with SEND within their families and communities. For example, the:

9.    new special school – Addington Valley Academy - for severe and complex children with Autism Spectrum Conditions is underway and on schedule;

10.new school build for St. Nicholas Special School was completed and the school moved in over the last academic year;

11.Croydon College Coulsdon Pathways provision for students with SEND aged 19-25 is now in its third year and has been a great success;

12.review of the SEND estate – Red Gates / St. Giles / Priory - in terms of its quality, safeguarding and feasibility as approved by Cabinet in January 2020 is underway; and

Alternative Provision / Pupil Referral Unit (PRU)

13.note information on Alternative Provision / PRU.