Decision details

At its meeting on 28 May 2015, the Cabinet authorised Officers to proceed to public consultation on proposals relating to the provision of additional English-medium and Welsh-medium primary school places in the Adamsdown and Splott wards.

This report summarises the views expressed during the consultation.

RESOLVED: that

1.         Authority be delegated to the Director of Education and Director of Governance and Legal Services to publish a statutory notice to:

·         Increase the capacity of Ysgol Glan Morfa from 1FE to 2FE with up to 80 part-time nursery places serving the age range 3-11 from September 2017. Transfer the enlarged Ysgol Glan Morfa to a new standardised 2FE primary school on a new site at the Maltings from September 2017.

·         Increase the capacity of Moorland Primary School from 2FE to 3FE with 96 part-time nursery places serving the age range 3-11 utilising the vacated Ysgol Glan Morfa buildings from September 2017

2.            the approval of appropriation of the land at the Maltings Park site in principle subject to public consultation in accordance with S122 of the Local Government Act 1972 be authorised

3.            prior to implementation of the proposal a further report be provided to the Cabinet providing details of any objections received, the proposed responses to those objections and recommendations for implementation or otherwise of the proposal.

A range of stakeholders including Members, schools, parents, pupils were consulted as part of the public consultation on the proposal.