School Organisation Revocation: Turves Green Boys School

Overview

Turves Green Boys' School is a community school for boys aged 11 - 16 years. The school is located in Turves Green, Northfield, Birmingham B31 4BS (Longbridge and West Heath Ward and Northfield Constituency).

This revocation proposal by Birmingham City Council is to consult on formally cancelling the addition of Sixth Form provision to Turves Green Boys' School.

The original Sixth Form proposal: In 2014 Birmingham City Council, in collaboration with Turves Green Boys' School, proposed and approved a change to the upper age limit (from 16 years up to 18 years) to add Sixth Form provision to Turves Green Boys' School from September 2016.

Sixth Form start date changes: Birmingham City Council, in collaboration with the school, approved two changes to the start date of the Sixth Form provision:

• January 2016 postponed until September 2017;
• August 2017 postponed until September 2019.

This was so that changes in circumstances that threatened the financial viability and sustainability of the Sixth Form could be reviewed and resolved.

This Revocation Proposal: March 2019: Birmingham City Council, in collaboration with the school, are now proposing that the opening of Sixth Form provision at Turves Green Boys' School be formally cancelled (revoked/revocation) for the following reasons:

• Low student numbers due to high amount of alternative Further Education (FE) provision in the area;
• The size of the proposed Sixth Form; and
• Changes to the funding formula.

Solutions to the challenges have been explored but the above changes in circumstances mean that Sixth Form provision at Turves Green Boys' School is no longer financially viable or sustainable. It would be inappropriate to open a Sixth Form under these circumstances.

Documents attached at the bottom of this consultation webpage:

• The original 2014 proposal which includes creating Sixth Form Provision;
• The 2019 formal public notice to propose cancelling the original 2014 proposal.

Why your views matter

There is a process that must be followed to officially cancel this type of change.

Part of the required process is formal public consultation which lasts for 4 weeks (known as the "representation period").

This formal consultation is open from 15th March until 12th April 2019.

Details of why the revocation is being proposed are in the Overview section above. Full details of the original 2014 proposal are in the document linked below.

We are keen to receive your comments on the proposal and you can comment online here until 12th April 2019.

What happens next

At the end of this formal consultation (representation period) : The "Results" section and the "We asked, you said, we did" section of this web page will be updated with a summary of the responses received. The detailed comments will be anonymised and forwarded with a report to the decision makers at Birmingham City Council. The decision makers will make a decision on the proposal within two months from the end of the representation period (12th June 2019).

Birmingham City Council, as the Local Authority, in exercise of powers conferred on it, has determined to implement this proposal as detailed. A link to the decision report is available on this webpage.