Issue - meetings

As per the recommendation.

The Cabinet Member for Education introduced a report to seek approval for officers to carry out a series of consultations relating to the proposed amalgamation of Hawarden Infant and Rector Drew Church in WalesVoluntaryAidedJuniorSchool.

            Following the retirement of the Headteacher from RectorDrewVoluntaryAidedSchool in Easter 2012, officers liaised with the Anglican Diocesan Director of Education, Headteacher of the Infant school and Chairs of the respective Governing Bodies to discuss the immediate interim arrangements for the management of the Schools, and the proposal to consider the amalgamation of the two Schools.  Subsequent meetings with the full Governing Bodies of the Schools and with the Staff indicated that there was a general support for an amalgamation to form an all-through Church in WalesVoluntaryAidedPrimary School, which would occupy the existing accommodation.    

RESOLVED:

(a)       That a period of consultation with staff, Governors and parents of both Hawarden Infant and Rector Drew Junior Schools in relation to the proposed amalgamation be approved; and

(b)       That the outcome of the consultation period be related back to the Cabinet in a subsequent report.