Issue - meetings

Report ED13075

Following consideration of the Primary School Development Plan Review by the Education PDS Committee on 6^th November 2012, the Portfolio Holder for Education authorised the Director of Education and Care Services to undertake consultation with schools and other key agencies on a number of changes to primary schools, one of which one was the potential to alter the age range at Bromley Road Infant School in order to create an all-through primary school.

A consultation for the proposed changes to school organisation had run from 11^th January to 15^th February 2013, and produced 46 responses which were largely supportive of the proposals.  The Governing Body and School Council also supported the proposed changes to school organisation.  In consideration of this, the Portfolio Holder for Education had resolved to proceed with formal statutory proposals to implement this change, with Bromley Road Community Infant School becoming an all-through primary school from September 2014. 

On 12^th June 2013 a statutory notice was published in the News Shopper, setting out the proposal to change the age range from 4-7 years to 4-11 years from 1^st September 2014. This was displayed as required on the school gates, in local libraries and circulated to all interested parties, as well as published on the Bromley Council website, for a six week period ending 24^th July 2013.  No objections to the proposals had been received, with one comment in support of the change in age range submitted via the website

RESOLVED that the proposal to expand the age range at Bromley Road Community Infant School from 4-7 years to 4-11 years with effect from 1^st September 2014, as set out in the statutory notice, be approved, and that the school be known as Bromley Road Community Primary School.