Issue - meetings

The Cabinet Member for Children’s Services presented a report on the latest proposals to assist the Council in meeting demand for additional school places in the primary and secondary age range in the Borough.

The proposals related to the permanent expansion of Eastbrook Comprehensive School to become a 12 form of entry (FE) secondary school and an all-through school via the provision of a nursery and a 3FE primary school and Eastbury Comprehensive School becoming an all-through school through the provision of a nursery and a 2FE primary school. 

In relation to the Eastbrook Comprehensive School proposals, the Cabinet Member referred to the increase in pupil numbers now being experienced by the London Borough of Havering and new developments in that Borough which are likely to have an impact on this Borough in the event that there is not a corresponding increase in school capacity within Havering.

Cabinet resolved:

(i)  To approve the extension of the age range for pupils attending Eastbrook Comprehensive School in order to accommodate primary aged pupils (three forms of entry) and nursery aged pupils (39 places) from September 2016;

(ii)  To approve the expansion of Eastbrook Comprehensive School from 10 to 12 forms of entry from 1 September 2017; and

(iii)  To approve the extension of the age range for pupils attending Eastbury Comprehensive School in order to accommodate primary aged pupils (two forms of entry) and nursery aged pupils (26 places) from September 2016.