School Organisation Mere Green Primary School

Overview

Mere Green Primary School as part of the Arthur Terry Learning Partnership, alongside Birmingham City Council is consulting on a proposal to expand Mere Green Primary School.

Mere Green Primary School is school located in the Four Oaks ward of the City. The school caters for pupils aged 3 to 11.  It can accommodate 210 pupils in Years Reception – Y6 and currently provides 20 full-time equivalent (fte) nursery places. The school is popular and has a waiting list in many year groups due to being oversubscribed. Currently the school operates at 30 places (1 class) per year group.

Mere Green Primary School and Birmingham City Council are proposing to expand the school by an additional form of entry in the primary age range.The proposal is to will mean that the school can accommodate 60 pupils per year group from Reception through to Year 6 on a permanent basis. This means that there will be 2 classes per year group.

The school will take its first increased intake in Reception in September 2015. The growth of the school will be gradual as an additional 30 pupils will be admitted into Reception and work their way through the primary school.

Following the publication of the latest Education Sufficiency Requirements by Birmingham City Council in February 2015 schools were invited to express interest if they were interested in taking additional places. Mere Green Primary School submitted an Expression of Interest (EOI) form in March 2015 and was successfully evaluated to meet the criteria.

The proposal is to:

• Expand Mere Green Primary School by 30 places (one additional forms of entry) per year group, taking the school from 30 places to 60 places per year.

Why your views matter

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

We are keen to receive your comments on the proposal and you can comment online here until 21^st August 2015

What happens next

The representation  will begin 10th July 2015.

The representation period will run until 21st August 2015.

During this time anyone who wishes to make comments/objections about this proposal should do so via this survey or by writing to the address on the document.

If approval is received changes will come into effect from 1^st September 2015

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