Consultation on a proposal to expand Moor Allerton Hall Primary School

Latest update – Leeds City Council’s Executive Board will consider a report on the outcomes of the consultation at its meeting on 27 June 2018. A link to the report is here.

Roundhay has been experiencing pressure on primary school places for some time. Previous proposals had suggested bringing together Moor Allerton Hall Primary School with Allerton Grange school, to form an all through-school with four forms of entry in the primary phase. However in response to concerns from some parents and the school’s leadership about timings and the scale of change an amended proposal is now out for consultation.

We are proposing a permanent expansion of Moor Allerton Hall Primary School from 2 forms of entry (60 places) to 3 forms of entry (90 places) from September 2019.

The consultation will run from 23 March 2018 to 4pm on 4 May 2018 and during this time there will be three drop-in sessions at the school which will be open to parents, local residents and other interested parties where you can have your say or find out more.

All meetings will be held at Moor Allerton Hall Primary School.

Session Type	Date	Time
Drop-in session please attend any time between  9.00am-10.00am	Wed 28 Mar 2018	From 9.00am
Drop-in session please attend any time between  3.30pm-4.30pm	Tues 17 April 2018	From 3.30pm
Drop-in session and public meeting As part of the drop-in there will be a formal questions and answers session starting at 6.30pm	Thurs 19 April 2018	From 5.30pm

Responses can be made in the following ways:

Use our on-line survey at: https://surveys.leeds.gov.uk/s/MoorAllertonHallConsultation/

Complete a consultation response form – provided in the consultation booklet and available at the drop-in sessions and:

• Hand it in during a drop-in event;
• Leave it with the school office;
• Email it to educ.school.organisation@leeds.gov.uk or
• Post it to PO Box 837, Sufficiency and Participation team, Children and Families, Leeds, LS1 9PZ

All responses to this consultation must be submitted no later than 4pm on 4 May 2018

Consultation on a proposal to join together Moor Allerton Hall Primary School with Allerton Grange High School from September 2018

In response to an ongoing need to provide additional primary school places in the Roundhay area, Leeds City Council is bringing forward a creative and innovative proposal to provide an additional 420 permanent school places (60 per year group) in the Roundhay and Moortown area. Leeds City Council is proposing that Allerton Grange High School and Moor Allerton Hall Primary School join together to form a through school for children aged 3-19 years.

The first phase of the consultation process will run from Thursday 12 October to Wednesday 29 November, as part of this there will be several drop-in sessions. These events provide an opportunity for questions and conversation and allow us to gather and share information on an informal one to one basis.

Following this all the issues raised will be reported to executive board who will then decide whether to progress to the formal, statutory part of the consultation process which we anticipate taking place in December and January, but we will update this timeline when we have definite dates.

The dates of the drop in sessions are as follows:

Moor Allerton Hall Primary School	Thursday 19th October 2017	5.00pm – 7.00pm
North East Learning Centre, Talbot Avenue	Wednesday 1st November 2017	6.30pm – 8.30pm
Moor Allerton Hall Primary School Punjabi & Urdu interpreter present	Wednesday 15th November 2017	8.45am – 9.30am
North East Learning Centre, Talbot Avenue	Thursday 16th November 2017	5.00pm – 7.00pm
North East Learning Centre, Talbot Avenue Punjabi & Urdu interpreter present	Saturday 18th  November 2017	10.00am – 12.00pm

To find out more information about the proposal, please read the consultation document Roundhay Area Through School Consultation booklet

You can share your views with us about the proposals as follows:

Take the online survey by clicking on the following link: https://tinyurl.com/yd9hgtqy

Write to us at: Leeds City Council, PO Box 837, Sufficiency & Participation Team, c/o Leeds Town Hall, Leeds, LS1 9PZ

Email us at: educ.school.organisation@leeds.gov.uk

Leave a comment or discuss this proposal by clicking the ‘leave a comment’ button at the bottom of the page;

So that your views are counted, please ensure that we receive your response by 4pm on 29 November 2017.

If any of the information above is required in large print / Braille / alternative language version of the document please contact us.

 

The consultation on a proposal to expand primary school places at Allerton Church of England Primary School has now ended. The consultation responses are currently being analysed and a further update on next steps will be given in due course.

Update 6 December 2017 – A report detailing the outcomes of the consultation will be presented to Leeds City Council’s Executive Board on 13 December 2017. A link to the report can be found here. We will update this page with the outcome of Executive Board’s decision following this meeting.

Update 9 November 2017 – It had been anticipated that the outcome of the consultation would be reported to Leeds City Council’s Executive Board by October. However due to the commencement of a consultation on a separate proposal in the Roundhay area we now need to consider what impact that proposal might have on places in the Alwoodley area, which is in part due to the interaction between these two areas. In addition to this, a number of key issues were raised in the consultation which we continue to investigate. It is our intention to report the outcomes of the consultation at Allerton C of E to Executive Board on 13 December 2017 following which a further update will be given.

 

Consultation on a proposal to expand primary school places at Allerton Church of England Primary School

In order to address a growing pressure on school places, Leeds City Council has permanently increased primary places across the Alwoodley and Roundhay areas over a number of years and more recently additional places (bulge cohorts) have been agreed at a number of local schools on a temporary basis. This includes Allerton C of E Primary School.  We anticipate that there will be a continued demand on places and as we have provided physical accommodation to enable the school to admit additional children on three separate occasions, it is appropriate for us to consult on whether this should become a permanent change, as the statutory guidance from the Department for Education recommends.

 The consultation is on a proposal to expand primary provision at Allerton C of E Primary School from a capacity of 420 to 630 pupils, with an increase to the admission number from 60 to 90 in reception from September 2018. The consultation period will run from Mon 26 June 2017 to 4pm on Fri 21 July 2017 and during this time there will be three drop-in sessions at the school which will be open to parents, local residents and other interested parties where you can have your say or find out more. The dates of the drop-in sessions are as follows:

Monday 26 June – 5:00pm-7:00pm;
Monday 3 July – 8:30am-9:30am;
Thursday 13 July – 2:45pm-4:00pm

To find out more information about the proposal, please read the consultation document Consultation booklet_Allerton C of E PS

You can share your views with us about the proposals as follows:

Take the online survey by clicking on the following link: https://tinyurl.com/yaxtq82k

Write to us at: Leeds City Council, PO Box 837, Sufficiency & Participation Team, c/o Leeds Town Hall, Leeds, LS1 9PZ

Email us at: educ.school.organisation@leeds.gov.uk

Leave a comment or discuss this proposal by clicking the ‘leave a comment’ button at the bottom of the page;

So that your views are counted, please ensure that we receive your response by 4pm on 21 July.

If any of the information above is required in large print / Braille / alternative language version of the document please contact us.

 

 

 

The Roundhay area of Leeds has been identified as needing an additional 60 reception places (two forms of entry) to ease ongoing pressure on primary school places in the area. A free school bid from the Roundhay Park Primary School Trust has been approved by the Secretary of State for Education to provide these additional places. Finding a suitable site to establish this school on has so far been difficult. Leeds City Council, the Education Funding Agency and the Free School Trust agreed to undertake a joint consultation with all interested parties and stakeholders on 4 potential sites in the Roundhay area which had been considered by the Education Funding Agency as having potential to be brought forward for educational use. One of these sites is on a part of Roundhay Park so we feel it is right that the whole city has a say on whether it should be further considered for this purpose.

Next steps

The site plans are available within the RoundhayFreeSchoolSiteConsultation2017document, and if you wish to formally respond to the consultation you can take the survey below:

Submit your comments here

 Alternatively, you can email us at educ.school.organisation@leeds.gov.uk or write to us at Leeds City Council, Capacity Planning and Sufficiency Team, C/O Leeds Town Hall, PO Box 837, Leeds, LS1 9PZ.

 

The plans and survey questions will also be available in Leeds Civic Hall and Tropical World. There will be a drop in session where staff will be available to answer questions and discuss the consultation at the Civic Hall. Please see details of the drop in session below. This consultation will run until  midnight on Friday 12 May 2017 to enable a broad range of interested parties to express their views on the options as they are. We would encourage citizens of Leeds to share this consultation with those they may feel have an interest and would want to take part.

A further drop in session will be held from 5.00pm – 8.00 pm on Wednesday 10 May 2017 at:
Civic Hall (West Room)
Calverley Street
Leeds
LS1 1UR

Please access the building via the Portland Crescent entrance.

Get directions to Civic Hall

When will a decision be made?

The outcomes of this consultation will be passed on to the Education Funding Agency (EFA) for inclusion in their appraisal of which site(s) to consider progressing for the free school.

Any site the EFA does move forward with would need to be purchased from the current owner and also require planning permission. Issues such as planning constraints and purchase costs are covered in the attached site specific information.

At the meeting of the council’s Executive Board on 8 February 2017 final approval was given on the permanent expansion of Carr Manor Community School from a capacity of 210 pupils to 420 pupils, with an increase in the admission number from 30 to 60 with effect from September 2018. Approval was also given on the establishment of provision for pupils with Complex Communication Difficulties including children who may have a diagnosis of ASC (Autistic Spectrum Condition) for approximately 12 pupils (6 primary, 6 secondary) with effect from September 2018.

To read the report and agenda please use this link  (item 156)

At the meeting of the council’s Executive Board on 14 December 2016 the decision was made to proceed with the proposal to permanently increase the admission number of Beecroft Primary School from 30 to 45 from September 2017 increasing the overall capacity of the school from 210 to 315 places.

Please use this link to view the report (item 126).

At the meeting of the council’s Executive Board on 14 December 2016 the decision was made to proceed with the proposal to permanently increase the admission number of Hunslet St Mary’s CofE Primary School from 30 to 45 from September 2017 increasing the overall capacity of the school from 210 to 315 places.

Please use this link to view the report (item 126).

The statutory notice period relating to proposals to expand primary provision and establish Special Educational Needs provision at Carr Manor Community School has now ended. A report detailing the outcomes of the statutory notice is expected to be presented to Leeds City Council’s Executive Board on 8 February 2017. A link to the report will be provided here once available.

Carr Manor Community School-statutory proposal and notice period

At its meeting on 19 October 2016, Leeds City Council’s Executive Board approved the publication of a Statutory Notice relating to the expansion of primary provision and establishment of SEN provision at Carr Manor Community School.

A formal proposal has now been published. This is known as a statutory notice, which is published at the start of a period during which representations can be made to the local authority. The statutory notice period runs from 21 November 2016 to 4pm on 19 December 2016.

The proposal is to expand primary provision at Carr Manor Community School from a capacity of 210 pupils to 420 pupils, with an increase in the admission number from 30 to 60 with effect from September 2018 and to establish provision for pupils with Complex Communication Difficulties including children who may have a diagnosis of ASC (Autistic Spectrum Condition) for approximately 12 pupils (6 primary, 6 secondary) with effect from September 2018.

The full statutory notice is available to view via the link here. 

Please do not submit responses to the statutory notice using this site.  Any responses should be made in writing to; The Sufficiency & Participation Team, c/o Leeds Town Hall, PO Box 837, Leeds City Council, LS1 9PZ, or by email to educ.school.organisation@leeds.gov.uk to reach us no later than 4pm on 19 December 2016.