Admission Number Variation 2016 - The International School

Overview

The International School is a community secondary school located within Shard End ward of the Hodge Hill District. The school caters for pupils aged 11 to 16.  Currently the school operates at 180 places per year group for year 7 through to 11. The school is situated on Gressell Lane in Shard End.

For a number of years the school has offered 180 places. The number of pupils admitted to the school has been diminishing in recent years and is significantly lower than its current admission number of 180 across all year groups.

The falling rolls have created large amounts of surplus space at the school and impacted on the school’s budget. The Leycroft Building on the Gressell Lane site became unoccupied as the falling rolls continued to impact on the school. The site was identified in 2015 as a possible temporary site to help the City address the critical shortage of special school places by utilising it as an additional site to accommodate an expansion to Brays Special School.

In order to support the school manage their site effectively as they seek to improve the education offer, it has been considered by the Local Authority and Interim Executive Board of the school that a reduction in the admission number from 180 to 120 for 2016 should be sought from the Schools Adjudicator.

Current and prospective parents are due to be consulted by the Head teacher and Governing Body in writing and a copy of the letter is attached.

Why your views matter

We are keen to receive your comments on the proposed change to the admission number at International School and you can comment online here until 27th May 2016

What happens next

The consultation on the variation/change to the admission number will begin on;

18th April 2016

The consultation period will run for 6 weeks until 27th May 2016

During this time anyone who wishes to make comments/objections about this variation to the admission number should do so via this consultation site.

 The proposal including any comments/objections received will be sent to the Office of Schools Adjudicator for a decsion at the end of the consultation period. 

We will notify the outcome of the consultation and Adjudicator decsion on this website.