Issue - meetings

Report of the Strategic Director of Children and Young People’s Services

Cabinet Member:     Councillor Watson

Commissioner:         Bradwell (in advisory role)

Recommendations:

1.    That subject to a successful planning application, approval be granted to the proposal to increase capacity at Wath Comprehensive School by the installation of additional teaching and learning spaces to increase capacity by 150 places to accommodate current and future pupil numbers.

2.    That £1.3m of the £2.5m earmarked funding for increasing secondary school places in the Borough in 2017/18  approved by the Cabinet/Commissioners Decision Making Meeting of the 11^th April 2016, be allocated to fund the proposed project at Wath Comprehensive School and that this expenditure be re-profiled into 2018/19 to reflect the construction programme for this project.

Consideration was given to the report which sought approval to increase capacity at Wath Comprehensive School to accommodate the current and future demand for places, subject to a successful planning application and would increase numbers to an additional thirty students for each year group.

The school had experienced a significant increase in pupil numbers in recent years and remained both successful and popular. The school was currently oversubscribed and the trend was set to continue in future years, but with effective planning student places would be allocated where needed and continue the trend of 94% of pupils achieving their first choice of school. Appendix 1detailed current pupil numbers and capacity at the school.

Resolved:-

1.          That subject to a successful planning application, approval be granted to the proposal to increase capacity at Wath Comprehensive School by the installation of additional teaching and learning spaces to increase capacity by 150 places to accommodate current and future pupil numbers.

2.          That £1.3m of the £2.5m earmarked funding for increasing secondary school places in the Borough in 2017/18  approved by the Cabinet/Commissioners Decision Making Meeting of the 11^th April 2016, be allocated to fund the proposed project at Wath Comprehensive School and that this expenditure be re-profiled into 2018/19 to reflect the construction programme for this project.