School Organisation St Thomas More Catholic Primary School

Overview

Birmingham City Council in full collaboration with the Governing Body is consulting  on the following proposal;

Enlarge by expansion St Thomas More Catholic Primary School by 15 places per year group, taking the school from 45 places to 60 places per year from 1st September 2017.

St Thomas More Catholic Primary School is a voluntary aided primary school located on Horse Shoes Lane, Sheldon, Birmingham B26 3HU within the Sheldon ward of the Yardley district of the City.

The school was historically a two form entry primary school but has more recently been operating as a one and a half form entry primary school that offers 45 places per year.

In response to the Education Sufficiency Requirements from Birmingham City Council in November 2015 (www.birmingham.gov.uk/schools/esr), the Governing Body of St Thomas More Catholic Primary School submitted an Expression of Interest form to consider the possible expansion of the school back to a two form of entry school offering 60 places ( 2 classes) per year. The school will again, eventually be able to accommodate up to 420 pupils.

The school has been able to offer an additional 15 places in reception in both September 2015 & 2016.  These additional places have been provided in available accommodation at the school site whilst the approval is sought for the permanent expansion and the building of extensions required to expand on a permanent basis throughout all year groups at the school.

Why your views matter

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

We are keen to receive your comments on the proposal and you can comment online here until 20th October 2016

What happens next

A statutory public notice will be published on Thursday 22^nd September 2016 and a four week period will follow in which comments/objections can be made to the proposal.

The latest date for comments will be 20^th October 2016

The proposal will be taken to the Cabinet Member for Education and the Strategic Director for People for a decision by 20^th December 2016.

If the proposal is approved the changes will come into effect from 1^st September 2017

When the decision has been made the results will be published on this page.