Decision details

At its meeting on 21 March 2016 the Cabinet approved implementation of a proposal to:

·         Increase the capacity of Ysgol Glan Morfa from 1FE to 2FE from September 2017 and to transfer the enlarged school to a new build 420 place primary school on a new site at the Maltings from September 2017:

·         Increase the capacity of Moorland Primary School, Moorland Road, Cardiff, CF24 2LJ, from 382 places to 630 places with up to 96 part-time nursery places serving the age range 3-11 utilising the vacated Ysgol Glan Morfa buildings from September 2017.

It is now necessary to modify implementation of the proposal with full details of this modification to be set out in the report.

RESOLVED: that

1.            Officers be authorised to seek the agreement of Welsh Ministers of the proposed modification to the agreed school organisation proposal as set out at paragraph 7.

2.            Officers be authorised to review projections and demand for English-medium primary school places in the area to inform the future progress of the proposed expansion of Moorland Primary School.

3.            the delay to the completion date for the delivery of the new build school for Ysgol Glan Morfa as set out at paragraph 11 be noted.