Purpose

The purpose of this report is
to seek approval of the draft Education Estates Strategy for the
next three years: 2025 - 2028, including to determine the proposed
Admission Arrangements for Croydon’s community schools for
the 2027/28 academic year.
 
It is a statutory requirement
for the admission arrangements for entry in September 2027 to be
determined by 28 February 2026.

Content

For the reasons set out in the
report and its appendices, the Executive Mayor and Cabinet
RESOLVED to:
 
Early
Years
2,1 agree the Childcare
Sufficiency Assessment 2025 which measures the demand for, and
supply of childcare across the borough (Appendix 1).
 
School Admission
2.2 agree the proposed
Admission Arrangements for Croydon’s community schools for
2027/28 academic year (Appendix 2a).
 
2.3 agree the continued
adoption of the proposed Pan London scheme for co-ordination of
admissions to Reception and Junior schools (Appendix 2a); and
adoption of the proposed Pan London scheme for co-ordination of
admissions to secondary schools (Appendix 2b).
 
Education Capital Budget
2.4 agree the proposed
Education Capital Budget (Appendix 3).
 
School Maintenance and Compliance
2.5 agree the proposed
Schools’ Maintenance Plan (Appendix 4) with an overall budget
cost of £3.9m for 2026/27 and £2.2m for
2027/28.
 
2.6 agree to delegate authority
to the Corporate Director – Children, Young People and
Education to vary the proposed Schools’ Maintenance Plan to
reflect actual prices and new urgent issues that may arise,
including authorising spend against the allowance for emergency and
reactive works, in consultation with the Executive Mayor and
Cabinet Member for CYPE.