Purpose

The Headteacher and governors at Clayton Brook
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 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 Clayton Brook Primary School.

Content

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