School Organisation Colmers Farm Infant and Junior Schools Amalgamation

Overview

In September, at the request of both the Infant and Junior school Governing Bodies Birmingham City Council consulted on a proposal to amalgamate Colmers Farm Infant and Colmers Farm Junior School.

The consultation ran for six weeks from 14^th September 2015 to 23^rd October 2015.

Both Governing Bodies gave careful consideration to all comments that were received during the consultation period and are both in agreement to move to the next phase of the process to amalgamate the schools.

Birmingham City Council is now consulting on the following proposals;

• Discontinue Colmers Farm Junior School
• Alter the upper age-range of Colmers Farm Infant School.

The two proposals are related and if approved will result in the amalgamation of both schools to form an all through primary school with effect from 1^st April 2016.

All pupils and staff from the junior school would have the right to transfer to the primary school unless they wanted to seek other arrangements.

Colmers Farm Infant School will be proposing to change its name to reflect the change to the age range and amalgamation.

Why your views matter

Full details of the changes are explained in the proposal document below.

We are keen to receive your comments on the proposal and you can comment online here until 10th December 2015

What happens next

The representation will begin on 12th November 2015.

The representation period will run until 10th December 2015.

During this time anyone who wishes to make comments/objections about this proposal should do so via this survey. The proposal including any comments/objections received will be taken to Cabinet Committee for a decision in January 2016

If the proposal is approved the changes will come into effect from 1st April 2016.

We will advise the outcome of the proposal on this website.