Purpose

To allow Sitwell Infant School to extend the
age from 4 to 7 year olds to 3 to 7 year olds.

Decision

 

ROTHERHAM METROPOLITAN BOROUGH COUNCIL

 

RECORD OF OFFICER EXECUTIVE DECISION

 

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
 

 
I certify that this
is a true record of the executive decision for Sitwell Infants to extend the age from 4 to 7 year olds to 3
to 7 year olds.  
 
 
Signed by the Decision Maker:

 
 
Dated:         
26th February 2025
 
Name:
Nicola Curley                                      
Job
Title: Strategic Director, Children &
Young Peoples Service