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    16/00099 Proposal to increase the designated number at Oakley School and extend the lower age range to allow the admission of pupils from the age of 2

    The Cabinet Member for Education and Health Reform is asked to consider and endorse the recommendations to:

     

    1. Increase the designated number of places offered at the School (from 218 to 242) and extend the lower age range of Oakley in order to allow the admission of pupils from age 2 for the 1st September 2017.
    2. Allocate the budget from the Education and Young People’s Services capital budget (full details to be provided within the Education and Young People’s Services Cabinet Committee Report)
    3. Enter into any necessary contracts/ agreements on behalf of the County Council
    4. Authorise the Director of Infrastructure to be the nominated Authority Representative within the relevant agreements and to enter into variations as envisaged under the contracts.

     

    How the decision relates to Facing the Challenge and Corporate Objectives

     

    This proposal will help to secure the ambition “to ensure that Kent’s young

    people have access to the education, work and skills opportunities necessary

    to support Kent business to grow and be increasingly competitive in the

    national and international economy” as set out in ‘Increasing Opportunities,

    Improving Outcomes: Kent County Council’s Strategic Statement (2015

    2020)’.

     

    The Commissioning Plan for Education Provision in Kent 2016-2020 sets out

    how the County Council will carry out its responsibility for ensuring there are sufficient places of high quality, in the right places, for all learners, and this proposal

    supports that aim to provide sufficient places where they are needed.

    Financial Implications:  The costs tof this project will be outlined in the report that will be considered by the Education and Young People’s Services Cabinet Committee.

    Legal Implications: Any legal implications will be identified in the report to the Cabinet Member for Education and Health Reform before the decision to agree the capital expenditure required to provide the school with additional accommodation.

    Equality Implications:  An Equality Impact Assessment will be produced and will be accessible on line via the following link: www.kent.gov.uk/schoolconsultations .

    The matter is referred to in the Business Plan/Medium Term Capital Programme.

     

    Decision type: Key

    Reason Key: Affects more than two Electoral Divisions;

    Decision status: Recommendations Approved

    Division affected: Tonbridge; Tunbridge Wells South;

    Notice of proposed decision first published: 03/10/2016

    Department: Education & Young People's Services

    Contact: Jared Nehra, Area Education Officer - West Kent 03000 412209 Email: jared.nehra@kent.gov.uk.

    Consultees

    15 December 2015 - The Commissioning Plan for Education Provision 2016-20 was endorsed by the Education and Young People’s Services Cabinet Committee prior to the final version being considered and approved by Cabinet on 21 March 2016

     

    Other consultation planned or undertaken: 

     

    An Education consultation commenced on 12 September 2016 and will close on 10 October 2016.  Further information is available on the School Consultation webpage:

    http://consultations.kent.gov.uk/consult.ti/OakleySchool

     

    Financial implications: Jared Nehra, Area Education Officer for West Kent 03000 412209 Jared.nehra@kent.gov.uk

    Legal implications: 16/00099

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