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1.Agree the continued strategic approach
to School Organisation as detailed in the report of the Executive
Member for Children, Young People and Families.
2.Agree the following proposals to
progress with corporate colleagues:
 
(a)Agree a principle to prioritise
development of the expanded childcare offer on school
sites.
(b)Align Additionally Resourced
Provision and review of Alternative Provision to the School
Organisation programme.
(c)Continue developing a set of
principles of engagement with Headteachers for the agreed
expectations of how to engage with school closures/amalgamations in
a way that is professional and supportive.
(d)Align the School Organisation Plan
with our corporate commitment to greener schools.
(e)Align the developing Strategic Asset
Management Plan, specifically the education chapter, to agree a
process for vacated school sites and alternative uses of vacant
premises managers’ houses.
(f)Embed the implementation of the
School Organisation Plan within a corporate communication plan that
sets out the compelling vision to drive educational excellence
through an inclusive, financially viable school estate. This will
support the goals of ‘Putting Children First’, the
Education Plan agreed at Executive in October 2022 alongside the
SEND Strategy and School Organisation Plan.
3. To approve the recommendations in exempt Appendix
A. 
 
 
AGREED
RECOMMENDATIONS
 
– as detailed in the report
– as detailed in the report
– none