Issue - meetings

Having considered an officer report and a presentation by the Cabinet

Member for Children & Young People, Councillor Paul Maslin, the Mayor

agreed that:

(1) the results of the consultation on the proposal to amalgamate Torridon

Infant and Nursery School and Torridon Junior School with effect from 1

September 2018 be received;

(2) the tight timescale that officers and the Governing Bodies are working to,

to enable a decision in April 2018 allowing Governing Bodies to conduct the

necessary recruitment process for headship of the school(s) for the Autumn

term;

(3) officers commence the formal statutory process to consult on the

proposal to amalgamate Torridon Infant and Nursery School and Torridon

Junior School, by way of conducting the following Publication and

Representation phases in parallel;

o Closure of Torridon Junior School

o Change of age range of Torridon Infant and Nursery School

(4) officers report back to Mayor and Cabinet on 18 April 2018 with the results

of both ‘Representation’ periods requesting Mayoral decisions as the statutory

decision maker.

The Mayor was advised by the Executive Director of Children & Young

People’s representative that in order to complete the statutory process it was

likely a late report would be required at the April 18 meeting.

Having considered an officer report and a presentation by the Cabinet

Member for Children & Young People, Councillor Paul Maslin, the Mayor, for

the reasons set out in the report:

RESOLVED that:

(1) the results of the consultation on the proposal to amalgamate Torridon

Infant and Nursery School and Torridon Junior School with effect from 1

September 2018 be received;

(2) the tight timescale that officers and the Governing Bodies are working to,

to enable a decision in April 2018 allowing Governing Bodies to conduct the

necessary recruitment process for headship of the school(s) for the Autumn

term;

(3) officers commence the formal statutory process to consult on the

proposal to amalgamate Torridon Infant and Nursery School and Torridon

Junior School, by way of conducting the following Publication and

Representation phases in parallel;

o Closure of Torridon Junior School

o Change of age range of Torridon Infant and Nursery School

(4) officers report back to Mayor and Cabinet on 18 April 2018 with the results

of both ‘Representation’ periods requesting Mayoral decisions as the statutory

decision maker.