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Committed to Consultation
“The review of the High Down schools is not a done deal and we are looking seriously at a range of other options to see if they are viable”
Graham Turner, Chief Executive Officer
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Welcome to the
High Down Infant School
and
High Down Junior School
Additional Information
Consultation Event
24 September 2012
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Overview of this event
• Introductions
• A presentation – additional information
• Chances for questions and suggestions at the end of each stage of the presentation
• Summing up and final comments
• Not a repeat of the consultation events in July 2012 - opportunity for those who require more information to speak to officers afterwards
• Close – 8pm
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Portishead Parent Action Groups
• Village Quarter Parent Group
• High Down Action Group
• Both acknowledge need for spaces, but feel that High Down not the best site for expansion
• Facebook groups set up and petition online
• http://tinyurl.com/HDpetition , facebook.com/groups/highdownactiongroup
• Facebook.com/groups/villagequarterparentgroup
• Working together to evidence that High Down inappropriate and that alternatives should be considered alongside High Down, as per concerns coming out of initial consultations
• Discussions with Council Officers
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What next ?
• This consultation has been extended and will now end on Friday 12 October 2012
• Your views are needed to help the Council decide the way forward for the whole Portishead community
• Your comments today will be recorded and will feed into the consultation
• You are also encouraged to respond to the consultation either on-line or using the booklet
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Your Key Messages
• A request for the opportunity to consult on other options for the provision of primary school spaces within Portishead
• You wanted background information about why the decision was made to consult on the High Down proposals
• A request for further information around existing and future traffic, congestion and parking issues at the High Down sites
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Your Key Messages
• Further information on the plans for any building and site changes at the High Down schools to accommodate the additional children
• You had queries around children’s education during the process of the proposed change at the High Down schools
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Actions and options
• Short term options – 4 progressed to date
• Medium term options – subject of this consultation
• Long term options (after 2014) – being reviewed but have commercial sensitivities that we can’t currently disclose or discuss
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Short-term actionsDate Extra places School
September 2010
30 Trinity Anglican Methodist Primary School
September 2011
30 Portishead Primary
September 2011
30 St Peter’s C of E Primary
September 2012 and 2015
30 High Down Infants – High Down Juniors
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Medium Term Options• Must be delivered from September
2013 onwards, but by September 2014 at the latest. These include:
• Options for creating extra school places on all existing school sites
• Options for creating a new school on other Council owned land or sites within the town of Portishead
• Options for purchasing or leasing industrial sites to remodel into a new school
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‘RAG’ Ratings(red, amber, green)
• We have given all schemes a provisional ‘RAG’ rating
• With your help we may be able to alter these ratings to overcome any risks or obstacles and bring about a deliverable scheme
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High Down Site
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Reasons why the High Down option was chosenReasons
• At time of requesting permission considered a higher planning acceptance risk than other site proposals
• Council’s preference for all-through primary provision
• Had hoped to progress a land purchase
Revised risks
• Significant opposition across the town
• Traffic implications of the proposals, not only outside the High Down sites but also across the town
• Educational/admission concerns
• Extra land purchase now not possible
• Fewer alternative options for parking
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Existing and future traffic, congestion and parking
issues• Many stakeholders expressed concerns about
likely increase in traffic
• Full independent Transport Assessment undertaken
• Acknowledged detrimental to the carbon footprint but may be better than offering places outside of Portishead
Positive Actions Planned:
• Around the High Down Schools, existing crossing on the main road to be raised
• Tree canopies along Down Road to be reduced to improve visibility
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Traffic Assessment Conclusions
• Draft traffic and transport assessment received, including traffic surveys
• Survey could not include Year R and Nursery pupils but has taken this into account
• Assessment confirms that the distance from the Village Quarter to the High Down Campus could present challenges to walking and cycling to school
• A worst case scenario shows an increase of between 150-180 vehicles for a 20 minute period if no mitigating measures were put into place
• If proposals were progressed, further assessment work would need to be undertaken and mitigation options investigated to address traffic issues
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Educational Impact
• The disadvantage to the oldest children and other children at the schools – schools would be encouraged to look for all opportunities for the interaction across all age ranges within the campus
• Building works – huge curriculum based opportunities for children with building works on their school site
• Competition across the two schools - number of different formal and informal ways in which the schools may choose to work together
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Educational Impact
• Admission arrangements to the two High Down Schools - further thought to these proposals is needed
• School standards and the perception that, according to Ofsted reports, one school may be better than the other – Ofsted Inspectors found good and outstanding features in both schools. Children leave both schools with standards above national averages
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Overall Rating – Was Amber
• Can be delivered by 2013-2014 school year
• Could be achievable, but only with public support
Revised Rating – Red/Amber
• High level of opposition
• Highways issues
Analysis of Option
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Questions and Suggestions
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Portishead Primary School
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Analysis of Option
Overall Rating – Red
• Smallest 420 place school site in the district
• Cannot be delivered by 2013-2014 school year
• Third storey not realistically deliverable
• Local neighbourhood opposition
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St Joseph’s Catholic Primary
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Analysis of Option
Overall Rating – Red
• Insufficient play space
• Risk of not being able to obtain extra land for play
• Cannot be delivered by 2013-2014 school year
• Could only be supported by the Governing Body and the Diocese of Clifton if there were insufficient places for Catholic families across the town
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Trinity Anglican Methodist Primary
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Analysis of OptionOverall Rating –Red
• Certainty that any planning application would be referred to the Secretary of State
• Cannot be delivered by 2013-2014 school year
• Governors requirement for a period of stability after recent rapid expansion
• Could only be progressed if supported by the Governing Body, the Diocese of Bath & Wells and the Methodist Church
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St Peter’s C of E Primary
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Analysis of Option
Overall Rating –Amber
• Would need majority public support
• Subject to a new period of public consultation and planning permissions
• Significant planning, transportation and construction challenges
• Full scheme may not be delivered until 2014-2015 school year
• Interim solution could be in place for September 2013
• Could only be progressed if supported by the Governing Body and the Diocese of Bath & Wells
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Gordano School
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Analysis of Option
Overall Rating – Red
• Space required for secondary places
• Cannot be delivered by 2013-2014 school year
• As an Academy, any proposals would need to be supported and progressed by the Governing Body
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Questions and Suggestions
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Medium to Long-Term Options
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New School within the town• All Council landholdings in
Portishead have been reviewed
• Besides existing school sites, only 3 areas of land are large enough and none of these are considered to be suitable
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New School Within the town
• Privately-owned commercial premises have also been appraised as a medium-term option but are not considered viable in terms of their suitability, cost and probable timescale of delivery
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New school outside settlement boundary
Long-term option only – major constraints/issues to be addressed including:
• Identification of suitable land – commercial sensitivity
• Planning policy / Highways and Transportation requirements
• Land acquisition - Compulsory Purchase Order probably required
• Construction period and requirement to seek Expressions of Interest for establishing a new school (Academy or Free School)
• Funding – there is currently no budget to purchase land and build a new school
• Realistically, the earliest date a school could be opened is 2016
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Overall Conclusions
• No easy answer
• Further work needed to reduce risks / prepare deliverable medium and long-term plans
• Responses to this consultation needed to assist the Decision Makers decide the next steps
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Thank you for your time