Issue - meetings

The Director of Children, Education and Communities to present a report that requests funding for two projects at Fulford School. The first project will address the requirement for more teaching space at the school to accommodate additional pupils for September 2020. The second project provides a solution for the current and projected transport access issues at the school.

Resolved:

                      i.         Approved the allocation of £500k of basic need funding to enable remodelling of areas of the existing Fulford School building to accommodate additional pupils above the school’s planned admission number for September 2020. This would allow the school to admit the growth in pupil numbers from within its catchment meaning that all children in catchment could access their local secondary school.

Reason:     To enable the council to meet its statutory responsibility to provide sufficient school places in this area.

                     ii.         Approved the funding of £550k in principle to carry out access improvements to the Fulford School site.

Reason:     To make improvements to the access route to the school to reduce congestion and improve road safety in the area.

Members considered a report outlining two schemes requesting funding at Fulford School. The first project being needed to address the requirement for more teaching space at the school to accommodate additional pupils for September 2020, due to the increase in pupil numbers from within the school’s catchment as of September 2020. Thereby enabling the school to admit the growth in pupil numbers from within its catchment, so that all children in that catchment could access their local secondary school.

The second scheme being to provide a solution for the current and projected transport access issues at the school.

The Executive Member indicated his support for both proposals to provide adequate school places and safe travel. 

The Leader thanked partners, schools and all those involved in enabling workable solutions to be brought forward to the issues.

Resolved:

                      i.         That the allocation of £500k of basic need funding be approved, to enable remodelling of areas of the existing Fulford School building for the purpose of  accommodating additional pupils above the school’s planned admission number for September 2020.

Reason: To enable the council to meet its statutory responsibility to provide sufficient school places in this area.

                     ii.         That funding of £550k be approved, in principle, to carry out access improvements to the Fulford School site, providing for school buses to access the school from the south through the Germany Beck site and exit the school site via Fulford  Gate to the north.

Reason:     To make improvements to the access route to the school to reduce congestion and improve road safety in the area.