Purpose

To delegate authority to the Director of
Education, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Education,
Skills and Bus Transport;

1. To publish a statutory notice on a proposal to permanently
extend the age range of Bromsberrow St Mary’s C of E Primary
School from 4-11 to 2-11 years with effect from 1st September
2024

2. If no materially significant representations are received to the
statutory consultation set out in Recommendation 1, to determine
the proposal to permanently extend the age range for the school
from 4-11 to 2-11 with effect from 1st September 2024 subject to
the Department for Education (DfE):

• issuing an Academy Order for the School and
• agreeing the date on which the school converts to academy
status

Decision

In coming to this
decision I have given due and
full regard to the requirements of the public sector
equality duty contained in section 149 of the
Equality Act 2010 (“the Act”) by reference to the law
itself and also the
relevant Equality Impact
Assessment, which was prepared
in accordance with the
requirements of the Act.  
 
Having fully
considered all the available information, I have decided to reject the alternative
options and take the recommended decision to: 
 
Delegate authority to the Director of Education, in consultation
with the Cabinet Member for Education, Skills and Bus
Transport:  
 
1.              
To publish a statutory
notice on the proposal to permanently extend the age range
of Bromsberrow
St Mary’s C of E Primary
Schoolfrom 4- 11 to 2-11 years with effect from 1st September
2024; and  
 
2.              
If no materially
significant representations are received to the statutory
consultation set out in Recommendation 1, to determine the proposal to permanently
extend the age range for the school from 4-11 years to
2-11 years with effect from
1st September 2024, subject to the Department for Education
(DfE):  
 

·       
Issuing an academy order
for the school; and  
·       
Agreeing the date on which the school converts to academy
status. 
 
 
The decision to
consider such representations shall be determined by the Cabinet Member if
materially significant objections are received to the consultation
exercises set out in Recommendation
1. 
 
 
For the reasons set
out in the report.