Purpose

The Headteacher and governors at Burnley
Rosewood Primary School have approached the local authority in
relation to the future of the nursery provision at the school. The
school has asked the local authority to start the formal statutory
process to consult on the proposal to cease the maintained nursery
provision by permanently reducing the age range from 3–11
year olds (Nursery 2 to Year 6) to 4–11 year olds (Reception
to Year 6), with effect from 1 August 2025.
 
Under the Department for Education's statutory
guidance, 'Making 'Prescribed Alterations' to Maintained Schools'
published in January 2023, the local authority must be the proposer
for this type of significant change and carry out a statutory
process, which includes publication, representation, decision,
rights of appeal and implementation. In line with this, the
authority is now required to decide whether to publish a Statutory
Notice on the proposal to consult on the future of the maintained
nursery provision at Burnley Rosewood Primary School.

Content

The Cabinet approved the recommendation(s) as
set out in the report.