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The Chair welcomed all those present to this extraordinary virtual meeting of the Executive.

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Declaration of interest

To receive any declaration of interest from a Member or Officer in respect of any item of business.

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Mr Marc Jones, Director of Function (Resources)/Section 151 Officer declared a personal but not prejudicial interest with regard to item 2 on the agenda his father- in-law being a member of Ysgol Talwrn Governing Body.

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Objection Report – Llangefni Area Schools' Modernisation - Ysgol Talwrn and Ysgol y Graig pdf icon PDF 1 MB

To submit a report by the Director of Education, Skills and Young People.

 

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The report of the Director of Education, Skills and Young People setting out the objections received following the publication of a statutory notice of the Council’s intention to increase the capacity of Ysgol Y Graig to accommodate pupils from Ysgol Talwrn, close Ysgol Talwrn and review the catchment areas of Ysgol Y Graig and Ysgol Talwrn was presented for the Executive’s consideration.

 

The Portfolio Member for Education, Libraries, Culture and Youth provided a summary of the background to the proposal which formed part of the Schools’ Modernisation Programme in the Llangefni area and referred to the statutory consultation that took place between 6 February and 20 March, 2020 on the future of the two schools. After being paused because of the pandemic the matter was scrutinised by the Corporate Scrutiny Committee on 10 December, 2020 and was then considered by the Executive on 17 December, 2020 which took the decision to increase the capacity of Ysgol Y Graig to accommodate pupils from Ysgol Talwrn, close Ysgol Talwrn and review the catchment areas of Ysgol Y Graig and Ysgol Talwrn. The subsequent process has brought the matter to this point with the receipt of the report on the objections to the proposal approved by the Executive.

 

The Director of Education, Skills and Young People reported that in order to comply with the School Standards and Organisation (Wales) Act 2013 and the Schools Organisation Code 2018, the Council published a statutory notice on 18 January, 2021 of its intention to increase the capacity of Ysgol Y Graig to accommodate pupils from Ysgol Talwrn, close Ysgol Talwrn and review the catchment areas of Ysgol Y Graig and Ysgol Talwrn. There followed a 28 day objection period which came to an end on 15 February, 2021. A total of 46 objections to the proposal were received. To comply with the School Organisation Code 2018, the Council as the proposer must publish an objection report describing the objections received; this is presented under Appendix 1. The way in which the Council deals with objections to a statutory notice follows a procedure in accordance with the Code and has been in force since 2013. In accordance with section 5.3 of the Code, local authorities must then decide whether to approve, reject or approve the proposal with modifications. Having considered the objections received during the objection period, it is recommended that the Executive approve the original proposal which is to increase the capacity of Ysgol Y Graig to accommodate pupils from Ysgol Talwrn, close Ysgol Talwrn and review the catchment areas of Ysgol Y Graig and Ysgol Talwrn.

 

The Director of Education, Skills and Young People recapped on the journey to date beginning with the statutory consultation on the future of Ysgol Talwrn and Ysgol Y Graig which Council Officials undertook between 6 February and 20 March, 2020 having been authorised to do so after the Corporate Scrutiny Committee and the Executive considered the proposal paper in January, 2020. The  ...  view the full minutes text for item 2.