Agenda item

The Cabinet considered a joint report of the Corporate Director of Children and Young People’s Services and the Corporate Director of Resources which provided an update on the future of Wolsingham School and Sixth Form.  The report set out the issues and implications arising from the decision of Wolsingham School and Sixth Form to seek to join the Advance Learning Partnership Academy Trust in order to achieve a financially sustainable position for the school going forward (for copy see file of minutes).

In response to a question from Councillor Shuttleworth about whether there were any negative aspects for the school becoming an Academy, Councillor Gunn advised that the pros and cons of an academy was not a focus of the report, and that the school would have given due diligence to any negative as well as positive aspects. She explained how a school being part of a Multi Agency Academy may differ for it.

Resolved:

That the recommendations in the report be approved.