Consultation onBirkbeck Primary School

Public meeting

A public meeting will be held on Wednesday 5 July from 3.15pm to 7pm at Birkbeck Primary School, Alma Road, Sidcup, Kent DA14 4ED. The draft plans for the new school buildings will be available to view. The meeting will be a drop in session and will give you the opportunity to discuss the proposal with representatives from the school, the London Borough of Bexley and the design team.

Please visit www.bexley.gov.uk/consultations for more information.

The London Borough of Bexley would like to hear your views on the proposal to expand Birkbeck Primary School to provide 30 additional pupil places in each year group. We are holding a formal consultation from Monday 19 June 2017 to Monday 17 July 2017.

www.bexley.gov.uk

Public Consultation Document: Bexley’s School Expansion Programme

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1. The proposal

The London Borough of Bexley is proposing to expand Birkbeck Primary School to provide 30 additional pupil places in each year group. The expansion would increase the school from a two form of entry to a three form of entry. New, permanent classrooms would be constructed to accommodate the additional pupils.

2. Why the change?

In common with other London boroughs and many authorities across the country, Bexley is experiencing an increase in demand for primary school places due to rising birth rates and increasing numbers of families moving into the area. Bexley’s schools are at full capacity. We have already provided extra places at 20 primary schools and more places are needed each year. Birkbeck Primary School is a popular school in an area that has seen an increased demand for school places and it has been identified as being suitable for expansion.

3. Timescales

Any comments made at the public meeting on 5 July will be considered during the formal consultation period. There will be a four week period for anyone interested to comment on the proposal, ending on 17 July 2017.

A notice about the consultation will be placed at the entrance to Birkbeck Primary School, in the public notice section of the News Shopper and on the Council’s website at www.bexley.gov.uk/consultations

Full details of the proposal and the draft plans for the buildings will also be online at www.bexley.gov.uk/consultations during the consultation period.

All feedback will be considered before a final decision on whether to proceed is made by the Cabinet Member for Education. Planning permission for the new classrooms will also be required and following the consultation, local residents will also have the opportunity to comment on the proposal as part of the planning approval process.

If the proposal to expand the school and the planning application are approved, building work will start early 2018. The new classrooms will be ready by September 2019.

4. How to give your views

You can give your feedback in a number of ways:

• Come along to the public meeting at Birkbeck Primary School on 5 July between 3.15pm and 7pm

• Email your comments to schooladmissions@bexley.gov.uk

• Write a letter or complete the questionnaire in this document and submit it in person or by post to the School Admissions Team, Civic Offices, 2 Watling Street, Bexleyheath DA6 7AT

• Complete the online survey at www.surveymonkey.com/r/birkbeckschoolexpansion

All feedback should be submitted by 17 July

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Consultation Questionnaire

Please Tick

Please complete this questionnaire by indicating your preference in the relevant box next to each question, and add any other comments you want to make.

Please return the questionnaire by 17 July 2017.

The questionnaire can also be completed online at www.surveymonkey.com/r/birkbeckschoolexpansion

The proposal

The proposal is for Birkbeck Primary School to be expanded, to provide 30 additional pupil places

in each year group.

(1) Do you agree with the proposal?

Strongly agree Agree Neither agree nor disagree Disagree Strongly disagree

(2) Do you have another suggestion you would like the Council to consider?

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(3) If there is anything else you would like to say, please add your comments here, and attach more pages if necessary.

(4) What is your interest in the proposal?

School Governor at Birkbeck Primary School

Member of staff at Birkbeck Primary School

Parent / guardian of pupil at Birkbeck Primary School

Pupil at Birkbeck School

Local resident

Other (please specify):

(5) Please provide your name and address (this is optional).

Name Address Postcode

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