Decision

(1)     That in connection with the proposed prescribed alterations to change the age range of Highfields Primary School, Beeches Road, Rowley Regis, B65 0DA (the school) from 3 – 11 years old to 5 – 11 years old, approval be given to the:

(a)     publication of the appropriate Statutory Proposal;

(b)     subject to no objections being raised during the statutory representation period for the Statutory Proposal, that the Director of Children and Education be authorised to make a final decision on the proposal for the prescribed alterations at Highfields Primary School, in conjunction with the Monitoring Officer and Assistant Director – Legal & Assurance and in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Children, Young People and Education; and

(c)     in the event that any objections are raised during the statutory representation period for the Statutory Proposal, that a report is submitted to the Cabinet Member for Children, Young People and Education with full details of representations received to inform a final decision on the proposal.