Decision details

The Cabinet will be asked to consider proposals to formalise current arrangements establishing Manor Infant School as a Primary School

The Cabinet Member for Children’s Services presented a report on the proposal to expand Manor Infant School to become Manor Primary School from the Autumn Term 2012.

The Cabinet Member referred to the significant demand for school places that continued to be experienced in the Borough.  It was noted that the proposal sought to formalise an interim arrangement implemented from the start of the 2011/12 academic year whereby the Governors of Manor Infant School, Sandringham Road, Barking, had agreed to take on the responsibility of managing a newly constructed school on the site of the former University of East London, known as Manor School (Scholars Way).  The new Manor Primary School would have an admissions number of 120 at the Sandringham Road site (four forms of entry operating from Nursery through to Year 2) and an admissions number of 90 at Scholar’s Way (three forms of entry operating from Nursery through to Year 6).

Cabinet agreed the formal expansion of Manor Infant School to become Manor Primary School for children from nursery age to Year 6 with effect from the Autumn Term 2012, as detailed in the report.