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Decision on the Statutory Consultation to close St Chad's Catholic High School on 31st August 2009 and establish a new St Chad's Catholic and Church of England Joint Faith, Voluntary Aided High School on 1st September 2009
Meeting: 09/10/2008 - Executive Board (Item 56)
56 Statutory Consultation for St Chad's Catholic High School - KEY DECISION 
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Minutes:
The Board
received a report of the Strategic Director, Children and Young People which provided the
response to the statutory consultation on the closure of St Chad’s Catholic
High School and the establishment of a new joint faith Catholic and Church of England
Voluntary Aided High School.
It was noted that formal
consultation with stakeholders commenced in June 2007 as part of the secondary
reorganisation process. A further round of consultation was then undertaken in
November 2007. Permission was
then sought from the Secretary of State to publish the proposal without holding
a competition. On 9th June
2008, the Secretary of State exercised the powers conferred on him by Section
10 of the Education and Inspections Act 2006 and decided to grant consent to
the publication of a proposal for a new 11-19 joint Catholic/Church of England
Voluntary Aided Secondary School.
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The statutory proposal was published by the governing body on 3rd
July 2008. The statutory proposal was a joint agreement with the Catholic
Diocese of Shrewsbury and the Church of England Diocese of Chester. The notice outlined the intention to close
St Chad’s High School in order that a joint faith Catholic and Church of
England (11-19) school could be established on the current site. It was proposed that St
Chad’s Catholic High School close on 31st August 2009 and the new
joint faith school commence on 1st September 2009. All the pupils
from St Chad’s Catholic School would transfer to the new joint faith school
from 1st September 2009. The published admission number would
increase to 190 from 1st September 2009 and from 1st
September 2013 it would increase to 240 with 100 sixth form places. |
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Members were further advised of the consultation
process undertaken and that those people wishing to respond to the
consultation were advised to put their views in writing to Operational
Director, Legal, Organisational Development and Human Resources. No responses had been received within the
representation period of 3rd July 2008 to 14th August
2008. |
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It was further noted that approval to the proposal had to be agreed
within two months of the end of the representation period otherwise the
decision would be referred to the Adjudicator for a decision. The Board was
advised of what this would mean along with the issues the decision maker
needed to consider. |
RESOLVED: That
Having had regard to the statutory guidance and in pursuance of the
powers set out in Section 10 of the Education and Inspection Act 2006 and the
related Regulations and the permission that was granted by the Secretary of
State IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT the following related proposals be approved:-
(a) With effect from 31 August 2009 St Chad’s Catholic
High School be discontinued.
(b) With
effect from 1 September 2009 the new St Chad’s Catholic/Church of England
Voluntary Aided Secondary School be established on the current St Chad’s
Catholic High; and
(c) With effect from 1 September 2009 the St Chad’s Catholic/Church ... view the full minutes text for item 56