Decision details

Date of Decision:

26/02/2025

Title:

Extension of Age range at Sitwell School

Decision Maker:

(Including Job Title)

Nicola Curley Director of children Services (DCS)

Details of Specific Cabinet Delegation

or Delegation contained in the relevant Sub-Scheme of Delegation.

Under the Council scheme of delegation this decision can be administered under the Officer Executive Decision Process.

According to Appendix 9 Responsibility for Functions, Section 4C4 the Strategic Director of Children and Young People’s Services is authorised to discharge executive functions for: Education Place Planning.

Decision:

To all Sitwell Infants to extend the age from 4 to 7 year olds to 3 to 7 year olds.

Reasons for the Decision:

 This will allow the Local Authority to meet it statutory duty to ensure that the is sufficient early years provision.

Details of alternative options considered and rejected:

 It would have been possible to permit Sitwell Infants school to expand the age range of pupils admitted.  However, this would result in insufficient capacity within the Sitwell ward.

Conflicts of interest declared by any Cabinet Member consulted by the decision maker which relates to the decision:

none

Dispensations Granted:

(If any)

none

Reports or parts of reports considered

Extension of the age range at Sitwell Infants by Niall Devlin