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Decision details

Culverhay: Next Steps

Decision Maker: Cabinet

Decision status: Approved

Is Key decision?: Yes

Is subject to call in?: Yes

Purpose:

To assess options for the future of Culverhay School

Decision:

(1) To AGREE that its preferred option for Culverhay School would be for the school to become co-educational, either as an Academy or as a Free School;

(2) To INSTRUCT officers to work with the school’s Governing Body to deliver the preferred option at the earliest opportunity.

Reasons for the decision:

The decision is the best way to deliver the Council’s main priorities for Culverhay School:

·  To ensure excellent educational provision for all children in the area;

·  To allow girls to attend the school;

·  To address the deficit which the school acknowledges will be a challenge;

·  To encourage the school to collaborate with other schools to enhance educational standards.

Alternative options considered:

There is no realistic option for the school to remain single-sex.  Since the school has already applied for Academy status, there is no realistic option for the school to remain in the LEA.

Report author: Chris Kavanagh

Publication date: 15/07/2011

Date of decision: 14/07/2011

Decided at meeting: 14/07/2011 - Cabinet

Effective from: 23/07/2011

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