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Hollymount School Public Consultation. Tom Procter Service Manager – Contracts and School Organisation. Official consultation and decisions so far. Official stages Phase 1 planning application submitted December 2009 – approved by planning committee 11 March
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Hollymount School Public Consultation Tom Procter Service Manager – Contracts and School Organisation
Official consultation and decisions so far Official stages Phase 1 planning application submitted December 2009 – approved by planning committee 11 March Statutory consultation Jan/February 2010. Response published in Q&A Cabinet agreed on 15 March to go to next stage Next official stages Statutory proposal for school expansion in early May – Decision in June Planning application by 1 April – Decision in July
Consultation meetings • 11 February – parents and residents meeting • 10 March ‘Pepys Road’ residents meeting • 23 March further ‘Pepys Road’ meeting • 18 March – further residents meeting • 23 March – further parents meeting
Issues from consultation Q&A published from consultation Update 3 issues: • Population projections and school catchment area • Siting of building, space on the site to expand and related impact on immediate residents • Highways – traffic and parking
Population projections • GLA population projections • GLA school roll projections • Birth rates • Relationship between birth rate and school rolls • Admissions applications
Expansion to now & future 6 forms of entry (FE) provided to 2009/10 High: 12FE by 2012/13 (then fall 6FE to 2018/19?) (18FE total expansion is 540 places per year) Approx. ⅓ east of borough, ⅔ west 1
Why Hollymount? Near to demand Popular and successful 1 FE to 2 FE preferred
2010 places to be allocated on 25 March Places to be allocated on 25 March 2010 : 11 siblings – 8 under 440 metres, 3 under 660 metres, 1 is 880 metres 49 distance – Furthest distance 609.32 metres (if only 19 then under 300 metres) There will be movement but vast majority local