In a meeting on Monday 10 November 2025, Laura Eden, Corporate Director of Children and Young People at Newham Council, approved the proposal to proceed with the amalgamation of Odessa Infant School and St James' Church of England Junior School. This decision follows a pre-statutory consultation and will now proceed to the publication of a statutory notice.

Amalgamation of Odessa Infant and St James' CoE Junior Schools

Laura Eden, Corporate Director of Children and Young People, approved the proposal to proceed with the amalgamation of Odessa Infant School and St James' CoE Junior School, following a pre-statutory consultation. The next step involves publishing a statutory notice regarding the proposed amalgamation.

The decision was based on a report titled, Signed Non Key ED - Proposed amalgamation of Odessa-St. The report included a summary of the consultation feedback in Appendix 1 Consultation feedback Report- Odessa infant and St.James proposed amalgamation, and an Equality Impact Assessment (EqIA) in Appendix 2 EqIA-Proposed amalgamation of Odessa Infant and St.James Junior.