Purpose

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

To publish a statutory notice on a proposal to permanently extend
the age range of Calton Primary School from 4-11 to 2-11 years with
effect from 1st August 2024

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 August 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 Calton Primary School from 4-11 to 2-11
years with effect from 1st August 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 August 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.