Issue - meetings

Cllr Phil Robinson, Cabinet Member for Education, Skills and Bus Transport, sought Cabinet approval for the updated Gloucestershire School Places

Strategy (SPS) 2023 - 2028 and its Implementation Plan.

Having considered all of the information, Cabinet noted the report and

RESOLVED to:

Approve the Gloucestershire School Places Strategy (SPS) 2023 - 2028 and its Implementation Plan

6.1       Cllr Phil Robinson, Cabinet Member for Education, Skills and Bus Transport, sought Cabinet approval for the updated Gloucestershire School Places

Strategy (SPS) 2023 - 2028 and its Implementation Plan.

6.2       The County Council had a statutory duty to ensure sufficient local school places were provided for all children and young people of statutory school age in its area. A key objective of the Council Strategy for 2022 – 2026 was to support local schools to develop a high performing education system that met the needs and aspirations of all pupils, particularly the most vulnerable; all of which would be supported by developing and delivering a School Places Strategy (SPS).

6.3       The SPS with its Implementation Plan was a key framework document for the Council in considering any statutory proposals for changes to school organisation, including the commissioning of new schools, and would inform future capital investment priorities for the commissioning of additional places and new school provision.

6.4       The SPS was a five-year strategy, reviewed annually and updated every two years. It set out the latest context including democratic trends and new housing and analysis of latest pupil projects and background for the Council’s strategic planning of school places and the issues that impacted on places and demand across the Local Authority area.

6.5       There was a robust process in place to ensure the right number of school places in the right locations

Having considered all of the information, Cabinet noted the report and

RESOLVED to:

Approve the Gloucestershire School Places Strategy (SPS) 2023 - 2028 and its Implementation Plan