Strategic Education Review Update - Outcome of pre-publication consultation
November 26, 2025 Director of Children's Services (Officer) Key decision Approved View on council websiteThis summary is generated by AI from the council’s published record and supporting documents. Check the full council record and source link before relying on it.
Summary
...the Director decided to consider responses to a pre-publication consultation, defer decisions on statutory consultations for Monkseaton Middle School and Langley First School/Appletree Gardens First School until September 2026, and publish statutory consultation proposals for the mergers of Ivy Road Primary School/Forest Hall Primary School and Hazlewood Primary School/Greenfields Primary School.
Full council record
Purpose
Director of Children’s
Services in consultation with the Director of Resources and the
Cabinet Member for Education, Inclusion, Employment and Skills
will:
(i)
consider the responses to the pre-publication
consultation; and
(ii)
determine if there should be statutory consultation
with schools, parents and other stakeholders in line with the
Department for Education’s statutory guidance on school
closure proposals.
Supporting Documents
Details
| Outcome | Recommendations Approved |
| Decision date | 26 Nov 2025 |
| Subject to call-in | Yes |