Purpose

Minute No.44/23 of Cabinet held on 15 March
2023 approved publication of statutory proposals for Cape Primary
School and Uplands Manor Primary School to reduce the PAN at each
school by a form of entry.
Following the Cabinet decision, the statutory proposals were
published for each school and a six-week representation period
closed on 5 May 2023.
The proposal is to reduce the PAN for each school by 30 places with
Cape Primary School operating at a PAN of 60 places, and Uplands
Manor Primary School at 90 places.
No representations were received in response to the
publications.
The schools have requested the reduction in PAN is introduced from
September 2023. The status of both schools is community maintained.
Minute No.6/22 of Cabinet at its meeting on 12 January 2022
determined the admission arrangements for community and voluntary
controlled schools for 2023/24. Advice from the Office of the
Regional Schools Commissioner is that where the Local Authority has
already determined its admission arrangements for a particular
school and then proposes to reduce the PAN post decision, the
Schools Adjudicator must be requested to make a final decision on
the proposal. The Local Authority must follow the statutory process
for a prescribed alteration before requesting the Schools
Adjudicator to make a final decision.
Both schools approached the Authority to pursue a reduction in
their respective PAN. Initial consultation and now a formal
statutory proposal has been published, with no representations
received. The Director is recommended to approve the
recommendations within this report to enable a referral to the
Schools Adjudicator

Content

In accordance with Cabinet Minute No. 44/23,
resolution 1(2), and following completion of the statutory
consultation period, the Director - Children and Education
approves:-
i) the proposed prescribed alteration to reduce the Pupil Admission
Numbers for both Cape Primary School and Uplands Manor Primary
School by a form of entry, and
ii) a request to the Schools Adjudicator to make a final decision
on the proposals.