Decision details
Amalgamation of Fort Hill Community School and Cranbourne Business and Enterprise College, Basingstoke, including the Fort Hill Special Educational Needs resourced provision
Decision Maker: Executive Member for Education
Decision status: Implemented
Is Key decision?: Yes
Is subject to call in?: Yes
Purpose:
On 20 March 2017 the Executive Member for
Education decided to publish a statutory notice in accordance with
sections 15 and 19 of the Education and Inspections Act 2006,
setting out the County Council’s intention to
amalgamate Fort Hill Secondary School and Cranbourne Business and
Enterprise College, Basingstoke including the Fort Hill Special
Educational Needs resourced provision. This would be achieved
through the closure of the Fort Hill School and creation of a
larger secondary school on the Cranbourne site. The report for that
decision sets out the history and context behind the
proposal alongside the findings of the initial consultation with
parents, pupils and other interested parties. This report sets out
the context leading to that decision and reports back on the
representations received to the
statutory notice.
Decision:
The decision:
a) That the Executive Member for Education gives approval to the proposal published by the Local Authority, in accordance with sections 15 and 19 of the Education and Inspections Act and the School Organisation (Prescribed Alterations to Maintained Schools)(England) Regulations 2013 to
- Discontinue Fort Hill Community School (including resourced provision), Kenilworth Road, Basingstoke RG23 8JQ from 31 August 2017.
- Establish resourced provision for up to 16 pupils with a Specific Learning Difficulty (SpLD) at Cranbourne Business and Enterprise College (Community School), with effect from 1 September 2017.
b) That the Local Authority make available the Fort Hill site to the governing body of Cranbourne Business and Enterprise College so that they can continue to offer education on the Fort Hill site for year 10 and 11 pupils from September 2017 should they wish to do so.
c) That support is offered, to those pupils currently on the roll of Fort Hill Community School in years 7 and 8 who will transfer to Cranbourne Business and Enterprise College in September 2017, with travel between the two schools at the beginning and end of the school day. This support to be offered for a maximum of two years from 1 September 2017. This offer would be extended to pupils in years 10 and 11 if at anytime during this period a decision is taken by the governing body to cease the offer of education on the Fort Hill site. This support would be available for any pupil on roll of Fort Hill at the time of the Executive Member’s Decision day on the 20 March 2017.
Report author: Richard Vaughan
Publication date: 19/06/2017
Date of decision: 19/06/2017
Decided at meeting: 19/06/2017 - Executive Member for Education Decision Day
Effective from: 27/06/2017
Accompanying Documents:
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