Decision details
Hayesfield Girls' School Capital Expansion Project
Decision Maker: Corporate Director (People)
Decision status: Approved
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: No
Purpose:
The Council retains the legal responsibility
for pupil place planning and has a statutory duty (under section 14
of the Education Act 1996) to provide sufficient school places in
its area. In order to achieve this the Council's priority is to
ensure there is sufficient provision of school places in the right
areas to meet need. These places can be delivered within community,
academy, free school, voluntary controlled and voluntary aided
schools.
Hayesfield Girls' School will carry out a capital project to extend
their dining facilities and refectory area. The project will enable
the School to permanently increase their Planned Admission Number
from September 2019. The increase in pupil numbers at Hayesfield
Girls' School will enable the Council (as part of the phased
approach to increase secondary provision across Bath) to meet the
shortfall of places.
Decision:
To fully approve capital amounting to
£388,000 from the 2019-20 provisional capital programme item
Schools Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) for Education in Bath.
Funding to be allocated to Hayesfield Girls' School to carry out a
capital project and permanently increase their Planned Admission
Number (PAN) from 210 to 240 from September 2019.
Alternative options considered:
Following consultation with the six Bath
Secondary Schools bids were invited to provide additional pupil
places supported by capital funding. Options were considered
deliverable as part of a phased approach and Hayesfield Girls'
School was one of these.
Failure to provide sufficient places in the right areas will result
in the Council failing in its statutory duty; parents and children
being required to travel out of their locality to attend another
school; increased transport (revenue) costs and schools being
unable to take local children.
Publication date: 05/03/2019
Date of decision: 05/03/2019