Agenda item

RESOLVED:-

(i)        that the Council continues to engage with, and support, Multi-Academy Trusts that express an interest in opening a Free School within Barnsley;

(ii)       that the Council as a nominated eligible local authority applies to receive the new Presumption Free School Grant;

(iii)      that the Council supports the provision of temporary accommodation for the academic year commencing September 2020, which may be run by a Free School in the event of a Multi-Academy Trust application being successful as a new Free School would not be built by this date; and

(iv)      that, in the event of a Free School application is unsuccessful, the Council accommodate the demand for pupils in 2020 within its existing estate.