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Your ref:
Date: 15 September 2009
Dear Stakeholder
There has been an increase in the number of children aged between 0-5
years in Hertford. The County Council has looked carefully at the supply of
school places for reception age children, and has concluded that it will be
necessary to provide more places in the town. Without these, there will not be
enough school places from September 2011 onwards for all the reception age
children in Hertford to start school.
The County Council is consulting you on this enlargement and would like to
hear your views.
How can you let us know your views?
You have twelve weeks from the date of this letter to let us know your views
on this proposal. You can do this by one of the following methods:
• completing the online form on our website at:
www.hertsdirect.org/csfconsultations
• completing and returning the attached form (freepost)
• emailing us at education.planning@hertscc.gov.uk
Once the consultation period ends, a report will be made to the County
Council’s Education Panel. This Panel is made up of key elected members
from the three main political parties, and will consider the feedback from the
consultation. The Panel will make a recommendation to Cabinet, which is the
County Council’s decision-making body. If Cabinet decides to proceed with
the proposal, the County Council will publish a statutory notice of its intention.
In the four weeks following the publication of the notice, anybody is entitled to
comment or object. If there are any objections to the statutory notice, the
decision as to whether or not to proceed with the proposal would be made by
Cabinet in the light of the objections received. If there are no objections, the
director of Children, Schools & Families would be able to proceed with the
proposal.
Process Date
Public consultation 15 September – 8 December
Education Panel* 13 January 2010
Cabinet* 18 January 2010
Statutory notice 22 January – 19 February
Decision if no objections to statutory March 2010
notice (delegated to Director of CSF)
Decision if objections to the statutory 22 March 2010
notice (Cabinet*)
Yours sincerely,
Justin Donovan
Chief Education Officer
WE WANT YOUR VIEWS
RESPONSE FORM
SECTION B
I am mainly connected with:
□ Wheatcroft Primary School
□ Other (please state) _________________________
If you have any comments on any aspect of the proposals, please use the
space below to give us your views (please attach a separate sheet if
necessary).
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