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Proposal to provide additional primary school places. Consultation September / October 2012. Striving for excellence. www.enfield.gov.uk. The need to increase places. Legal duty to provide sufficient school places Demand has been rising since 2008/09
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Proposal to provide additional primary school places Consultation September / October 2012 Striving for excellence www.enfield.gov.uk
The need to increase places • Legal duty to provide sufficient school places • Demand has been rising since 2008/09 • 11 primary schools already permanently expanded + 4 new schools + temporary (bulge) classes • Expecting higher demand to continue • Permanent expansion better than continued temporary (bulge) classes
Highfield School • In 2008/9 Highfield took a bulge class to accommodate an increase in pupil applications • In 2011/12 Highfield took a second bulge class • In 2012/13 Hazelwood took a bulge class • Pupil projections show that an additional 30 places are required in this area • In 2011 Ofsted rated teaching and learning and pupil attainment at Highfield as “good”
The proposal • The proposal is to expand the school by 30 places a year, from 60 to 90 • This means that 3 classes of 30 children would begin in Reception each year • The change would take effect from September 2013
What the proposal would mean • Pupils already at the school: would continue at the school • Future pupils: A larger number of pupils would join the school from 2013/14 and the overall number of pupils would grow over time and children progress through the Year groups • Staff: all existing staff continue to be employed and more staff would be recruited as the school grows
Impact on accommodation • Architects have visited the school and are discussing the site and accommodation with the head teacher • Additional accommodation is required and discussion on design are at an early stage • The Council is committed to: • High quality, fit for purpose accommodation • Minimising disruption for school and residents • Speedy delivery
Impact on accommodation • Residents, parents and other stakeholders will have an opportunity to comment on the individual proposals when planning permission is sought – probably November / December
Have your say • Consultation until 31 October • www.enfield.gov.uk/primaryschoolexpansion or paper questionnaire (return to the school or Civic Centre) • Email: primaryschoolexpansion@enfield.gov.uk
Next steps • Continue – publish Statutory Notice (probably November / December), decision in January (conditional upon planning permission being granted) • Stop • Propose something different – steps depend on the new proposal