Issue - meetings

The Cabinet Member for Children’s Services introduced a report on the proposed amalgamation of Rush Green Infant and Junior Schools to form a Primary School effective from the next school term.

The Cabinet Member referred to the key benefits of amalgamation and the Corporate Director of Children’s Services confirmed that the two Governing Bodies had voted in favour of the amalgamation the previous evening.

Cabinet agreed the amalgamation of Rush Green Infant and Junior Schools to create an all-through Primary School with effect from 1 April 2013, via the closure of the existing Infant School and expansion of the premises and age range of the existing Junior School.