Issue details

CS-004-13 Intention - Proposal to close the maintained Nursery at St Dunstans Church of England Voluntary Controlled School

 

 

The report sets out the background to and results of consultation undertaken between Wednesday 9th January and Wednesday 20th February 2013. It recommends that Wiltshire Council should publish statutory proposals to close the Maintained Nursery at St Dunstan C.E. V.C. Primary School.

 

 

Decision type: Non-key

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Notice of proposed decision first published: 03/04/2013

Decision due: 11 Apr 2013 by Cabinet Member for Children's Services

Lead member: Cllr Lionel Grundy OBE lionel.grundy@wiltshire.gov.uk

Department: Schools and Learning

Contact: Sarah Clover 01225 757961 email: sarah.clover'wiltshire.gov.uk.

Consultation process

The consultation document attached at Appendix 1 was sent on 9th January 2013 to:

 

  • Parents of pupils currently attending the maintained Nursery at the school. 
  • Parents of a child enrolled to join the Nursery in September 2013
  • Parents of other children in the school
  • Teachers and other staff at the school.
  • Diocese of Salisbury – Joy Tubbs
  • The Local Wiltshire Councillor - Councillor Chuck Berry and Wiltshire Council’s Cabinet Member for Children’s Services Councillor Lionel Grundy OBE
  • The Local MP – James Gray.
  • The County Secretaries of the relevant trade unions and professional associations.
  • Heads and Chairs of Governors of cluster primary schools.

·        Manager and Committee of the voluntary pre – school on site (Sunbeams)

·        Owners or managers of other pre – schools or nurseries within Calne Town

·        Calne Town Council

 

       Further copies of the consultation document were made available at the school, and it was also published on the Wiltshire Council website for online response. 

 

       A public meeting was held at the school on Wednesday 23rd January 2013.

 

 

Consultation results

 

       Minutes of the public meeting are attached at Appendix 2.

 

In total there were 41 consultation responses received from all the parties consulted. Of these 19 (46%) agreed with the proposed closure of the Nursery and 22 (54 %) disagreed.

       

Of the 24 responses from parents of children currently at the school, 9 (4.5%) agreed with

the proposed closure and 12 (6%) disagreed. 89% of school families consulted did not

respond.

 

Of the 6 prospective parents who responded, 1 agreed with the proposed closure and 5

disagreed.

 

The school considered that these samples are too small to be statistically significant.      

      

 A summary of the responses (paper and electronic) is attached at Appendix 3.

 

 

 

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