Issue - items at meetings - St Luke's Infant and Junior School Proposed Merger

Report of the Director of Children’s Services (copy to follow).

1.       That the statutory notice be confirmed.

2.       That the recommendation to discontinue St Luke’s Infant School, extend the age range and expand the premises of St Luke’s Junior School from September 2009 be approved.

88.1    The Cabinet Member considered a report of the Director of Children’s Services concerning the proposed merger of St Luke’s Infant and St Luke’s Junior, which informed the Cabinet Member of the outcome of the statutory consultation on the proposed discontinuance of St Luke’s Infant School and the change in age range and expansion of the premises for St Luke’s Junior School (for copy see minute book). 

88.2    The proposal was welcomed by both the Cabinet Member and the Opposition Spokesperson.

88.3    RESOLVED - That, having considered the information and the reasons set out in the report, the Cabinet Member accepted the following recommendations:

(1)      That the statutory notice be confirmed.

(2)      That the recommendation to discontinue St Luke’s Infant School, extend the age range and expand the premises of St Luke’s Junior School from September 2009 be approved.