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Council Notices

• PROPOSED CHANGE OF AGE RANGE OF PORTSLADE INFANT SCHOOL

  PROPOSED CHANGE OF AGE RANGE OF PORTSLADE INFANT SCHOOL NOTICE is given in accordance with section 19(1) of the Education and Inspections Act 2006 that Brighton & Hove City Council intends to make a prescribed alteration to Portslade Community Infant School Locks Hill, Portslade, Brighton BN41 2LA from 2 September 2013. Changing the age range of the school by a year or more. It is proposed that Portslade Infant School is made in to a two form entry all through primary school from September 2013. The new school will have an intake of 60 pupils at 4+. Flexibility would be provided for Key Stage 2 to take additional children to a maximum of 32 children per class. If the proposal is implemented, on 2 September 2013 the school’s admission number at Reception will decrease from 120 to 60 and the school will admit a Year 3 cohort of 60 pupils. In 2014/15 the school will have 60 children in Reception and Year 1; 120 children in Year 2; and 60 children in Year 3 and Year 4. In 2015/16 the school will have 60 children in Reception and Years 1-5 inclusive. In 2016/17 the school will have 60 children in all year groups, i.e. Reception and Years 1-6 inclusive. It is proposed that places in Year 3 in 2013/14 and 2014/15 will be allocated in accordance with the Local Authority’s published admission arrangements. The current capacity of the school is 356 and the proposed capacity will be 420. The current admission number for the school is 120 and the proposed admission number will be 60. As part of the Council’s future development of Schools within the city it is proposed to create an all through primary school by extending the age range of Portslade Infant School from 4+ to 7 as it is at present to 4+ to 11 from September 2013. Portslade Infant School is currently a four form entry infant school admitting 120 pupils per year. Consequently this proposal on its own will reduce the number of infant places available in the city. This proposal is part of a wider re-organisation of school places within Portslade which, if successful, will result in an additional 2 forms of entry overall for primary phase education for this part of the city. This Notice is an extract from the complete proposal. Copies of the complete proposal can be obtained from: Gil Sweetenham, Strategic Commissioner, Planning and Contracts, Learning and Development, Brighton & Hove City Council, King’s House, Grand Avenue, Hove, BN3 2SR. You can also request a copy by contacting Gillian Churchill on 01273 293515 or via email at gillian.churchill@brighton-hove.gov.uk. Within six weeks from the date of publication of this proposal (i.e. by 6 July 2012), any person may object to or make comments on the proposal by sending them to Gil Sweetenham, Strategic Commissioner, Planning and Contracts, Learning and Development, Brighton & Hove City Council, King’s House, Grand Avenue, Hove BN3 2SR. Publication date: 25th May 2012. Signed: Terry Parkin. read more

• PROPOSED CHANGE OF AGE RANGE AND ENLARGEMENT OF PREMISES OF ST NICOLAS CHURCH OF ENGLAND VOLUNTARY AIDED JUNIOR SCHOOL

  PROPOSED CHANGE OF AGE RANGE AND ENLARGEMENT OF PREMISES OF ST NICOLAS CHURCH OF ENGLAND VOLUNTARY AIDED JUNIOR SCHOOL NOTICE is given in accordance with the Education and Inspections Act 2006 (the Act) that Brighton and Hove City Council, King’s House, Grand Avenue, Hove, BN3 2LS and the Governing body of St Nicolas Church of England Junior School intend to make prescribed alterations to St Nicolas Church of England Voluntary Aided Junior School, Locks Hill, Portslade, Brighton BN41 2LA; Part 1 Proposed Change of Age Range Notice is given in accordance with section 19(3) of the Education and Inspections Act 2006 that the Governing body of St Nicolas Church of England Voluntary Aided Junior School intends to make a prescribed alteration to St Nicolas Church of England Voluntary Aided Junior School, Locks Hill, Portslade, Brighton BN41 2LA, from 2 September 2013 by; 1) changing the age range of the school to 4+ to 11 years, thereby becoming a primary school. Part 2 Enlargement of Premises Notice is given in accordance with section 19(1) of the Education and Inspections Act 2006 that Brighton & Hove City Council intends to make a prescribed alteration to St Nicolas Church of England Voluntary Aided Junior School, Locks Hill, Portslade, Brighton BN41 2LA, from 2 September 2013 by; 2) enlarging the premises of the school. It is proposed that St Nicolas Church Of England Voluntary Aided Junior School is made in to a two form entry all through primary school from September 2013. The new school will have an intake of 60 pupils at 4+. Flexibility would be provided for Key Stage 2 to take additional children to a maximum of 32 children per class. It is not intended to implement these proposals in stages. The current capacity of the school is 256 and the proposed capacity will be 436. The current admission number for the school is 60 and the proposed admission number will be 60. As part of the Council’s future development of Schools within the city it is proposed to create an all through primary school by extending the age range of St Nicolas Church of England Voluntary Aided Junior School from 7 to 11 as it is at present to 4+ to 11 from September 2013. St Nicolas Church of England Voluntary Aided Junior School is currently a two form entry junior school admitting 60 pupils per year. This proposal is part of a wider re-organisation of school places within Portslade which, if successful, will result in an additional 2 forms of entry overall for primary phase education for this part of the city. This Notice is an extract from the complete proposal. Copies of the complete proposal can be obtained from: Gil Sweetenham, Strategic Commissioner, Planning and Contracts, Learning and Development, Brighton & Hove City Council, King’s House, Grand Avenue, Hove BN3 2SR. You can also request a copy by contacting Gillian Churchill on 01273 293515 or via email at gillian.churchill@brighton-hove.gov.uk. Within six weeks from the date of publication of this proposal (i.e. by 6th July 2012), any person may object to or make comments on the proposal by sending them to Gil Sweetenham, Strategic Commissioner, Planning and Contracts, Learning and Development, Brighton & Hove City Council, King’s House, Grand Avenue, Hove, BN3 2SR. Publication date: 25 May 2012 Signed: Terry Parkin. Signed: Father Richard Rushforth. Explanatory Notes: Items 1 & 2 are interdependent. We will progress either both items or neither items depending on the outcome of the consultation process. Neither item will be progressed independently. read more

• PROPOSED CHANGE OF AGE RANGE AND ENLARGEMENT OF PREMISES OF ST PETER’S COMMUNITY INFANT SCHOOL

  PROPOSED CHANGE OF AGE RANGE AND ENLARGEMENT OF PREMISES OF ST PETER’S COMMUNITY INFANT SCHOOL NOTICE is given in accordance with section 19(1) of the Education and Inspections Act 2006 that Brighton & Hove City Council intends to make a prescribed alteration to St Peter’s Community Infant School, St Peter’s Rd, Portslade, Brighton BN41 1LS, from 2 September 2013. 1) changing the age range of the school by a year or more and, 2) enlarging the premises of the school. It is proposed that St Peter’s Community Infant School is made in to a one form entry all through primary school from September 2013. The new school will have an intake of 30 pupils at 4+. Flexibility would be provided for Key Stage 2 to take additional children to a maximum of 32 children per class. It is not intended to implement this proposal in stages. The current capacity of the school is 90 and the proposed capacity will be 210. The current admission number for the school is 30 and the proposed admission number will be 30. As part of the Council’s future development of Schools within the city it is proposed to create an all through primary school by extending the age range of St Peter’s Community Infant School from 4+ to 7 as it is at present to 4+ to 11 from September 2013. St Peter’s Community Infant School is currently a one form entry infant school admitting 30 pupils per year. This proposal is part of a wider re-organisation of school places within Portslade which, if successful, will result in an additional 2 forms of entry overall for primary phase education for this part of the city. This Notice is an extract from the complete proposal. Copies of the complete proposal can be obtained from: Gil Sweetenham, Strategic Commissioner, Planning and Contracts, Learning and Development, Brighton & Hove City Council, King’s House, Grand Avenue, Hove, BN3 2SR. You can also request a copy by contacting Gillian Churchill on 01273 293515 or via email at gillian. churchill@brighton-hove.gov.uk. Within six weeks from the date of publication of this proposal (i.e. by 6 July 2012), any person may object to or make comments on the proposal by sending them to Gil Sweetenham, Strategic Commissioner, Planning and Contracts, Learning and Development, Brighton & Hove City Council, King’s House, Grand Avenue, Hove BN3 2SR. Publication date: 25 May 2012. Signed: Terry Parkin. Explanatory Notes: Items 1 & 2 are interdependent. We will progress either both items or neither items depending on the outcome of the consultation process. Neither item will be progressed independently. read more

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