School organisation consultations

When making significant changes and prescribed alterations to local schools, the council must follow a statutory consultation process.

The process is outlined in the School Organisation (prescribed Alterations to Maintained Schools) (England) Regulations 2013 and (Establishment and Discontinuation of Schools) Regulations 2013.

Alterations include:

• Expansion (enlargement of premises)
• Changes to a school's age range
• Changing the number of pupil or types of need at a special school
• Changes to special educational need provision at a maintained school
• Change of co-educational to single sex provision and vice-versa
• Transfer of an existing school to a new site
• Closure of one of multiple sites

Details of any proposals being made by the council under these regulations: