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Proposed change of age-range for Newington CE Primary School, Sittingbourne by the closure of the maintained nursery unit from 24 April 2011 - 10/01485

Meeting: 14/07/2010 - School Organisation Advisory Board (Item 2)

2 Proposed Change of Age Range for Newington CE (Voluntary Controlled) Primary School, Sittingbourne (from 3 - 11 years to 4 - 11 years) by the Closure of the Maintained Nursery Unit (and its Replacement by a Voluntary Pre-School Provision) pdf icon PDF 94 KB

Additional documents:

Minutes:

– report by Ms R Turner, Managing Director for Children, Families and Education)

           

(1)       The report explained the need to consider a proposal to close the maintained nursery unit at Newington CE Primary School in Sittingbourne and to change the age-range of the school from 3-11 years to 4-11 years with effect from 26 April 2011.

 

(2)       The Rev Genders said he welcomed these proposals and supported the findings of the report and its recommendation to go out to public consultation. During the course of discussion members of the Advisory Board raised a number of points of detail to which officers responded accordingly.

 

(3)       Resolved that a consultation exercise should be undertaken on the proposal to change the age range for Newington CE Primary School, Sittingbourne, by closing the maintained nursery class.