Cabinet:

1. Approved the draft Children & Young People Education Place Planning Plan (C&YPEPPP) in Havering 2023-27;

2. Approved the circulation of the draft C&YPEPPP for consultation to all stake holders in early years and school place planning;

3. Delegated the determination of the final C&YPEPPP, to the Cabinet Member for Children’s Services in consultation with the Director of Children’s services;

4. Approved for the LA to launch a competition to select a proposer for the new special free school if the application is successful.

5. Noted that a further report will be going to Cabinet, that will set out the details of each proposal, the consultation process and indicative costs and funding for each scheme.

Cabinet was presented with the Children and Young People Education Place Planning Plan 2023-27

Report was introduced by Councillor Oscar Ford.

This plan is intended to update the Cabinet on the latest school places data and set out the proposed approach to meet that growing demand for the next five years, in the context of new national expectations about this changing role. 

The Cabinet agreed the following:

1.     Approved the draft Children & Young People Education Place Planning Plan (C&YPEPPP) in Havering 2023-27;

2.     Approved the circulation of the draft C&YPEPPP for consultation to all stake holders in early years and school place planning;

3.     Delegated the determination of the final C&YPEPPP, to the Cabinet Member for Children’s Services in consultation with the Director of Children’s services;

4.     Approved for the LA to launch a competition to select a proposer for the new special free school if the application is successful.

5.     Noted that a further report will be going to Cabinet, that will set out the details of each proposal, the consultation process and indicative costs and funding for each scheme.