Issue - meetings

The Cabinet considered the report of the Head of Schools and Families in relation to a letter received from the Governing body of Sand Dunes Nursery School stating that they were unable to set a budget and were unable to produce a plan which would bring the school back into budget.

It was reported that Sand Dunes Nursery School was no longer financially viable and had therefore requested that the local authority commence a statutory consultation on a proposal to close the school.

Decision Made:

Cabinet agreed to:

(1)          note the request from the Governing Body of Sand Dunes Nursery School to undertake a statutory consultation on a proposal to close the school because it is no longer financially;

(2)          note the statutory process outlined in the report for the closure of the school;

(3)          approve the commencement of the statutory consultation process relating to the proposal to close Sand Dunes Nursery School with effect from July 2019; and

(4)          note that the proposal was a Key Decision but had not been included in the Council's Forward Plan of Key Decisions.  Consequently, the Leader of the Council and the Chair of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee (Children’s Services and Safeguarding) had been consulted under Rule 27 of the Access to Information Procedure Rules of the Constitution, to the decision being made by Cabinet as a matter of urgency on the basis that it was morally important to ensure parents were aware of the proposal before the start of next academic year.