Issue details

Sacred Heart Catholic Secondary School – Approval of Legal Documentation for Academy Conversion

To inform Cabinet of the decision by the Secretary of State for Education to convert Sacred Heart Catholic Secondary School, to a sponsored academy in accordance with statutory requirements and seek authorisation for officers to sign the documentation required to by the academy conversion process

Decision type: Key

Reason Key: Both Financial and Community Impact;

Decision status: For Determination

Wards affected: (All Wards);

Notice of proposed decision first published: 23/12/2021

Financial: Yes;

Community Impact: Yes;

Decision due: 10 Feb 2022 by Cabinet

Lead member: Cabinet Member - Education

Lead director: Executive Director - Children's Social Care and Education

Department: Children's Services and Safeguarding

Contact: Tricia Davies, Assistant Director Children’s Services (Education) Email: tricia.davies@sefton.gov.uk.

Consultation process

Letters, conference calls, meetings with school, meetings with ESFA and Liverpool Archdiocese, telephone calls

Consultees

School Staff, Governors, Officers, ESFA, Trade Unions, Liverpool Catholic Diocese

Agenda items

List of background documents to be considered by decision maker

  • Sacred Heart Catholic Secondary School – Approval of Legal Documentation for Academy Conversion