CHILDREN YOUNG PEOPLE & SKILLS COMMITTEE 8 March 2021

Agenda Item 73(b) Brighton & Hove City Council

WRITTEN QUESTIONS

A period of not more than fifteen minutes shall be allowed at each ordinary meeting for questions submitted by a member of the public.

The question will be answered without discussion. The person who asked the question may ask one relevant supplementary question, which shall be put and answered without discussion. The person to whom a question, or supplementary question, has been put may decline to answer it. 

The following written questions have been received from members of the public.

(1) Secondary School Placement – Mental Health of Children

Children have suffered so much during the past twelve months of the Covid-19 pandemic and the national lockdown, can the Council advise why the mental health and wellbeing of 62 children is not being prioritised within the decision making process in relation to secondary school places this year?  

Ms I Harris

(2) Catchment Area Schools – Dorothy Stringer and Varndean

In view of the fact there are 62 families in the Dorothy Stringer and Varndean catchment area whose children have been allocated a school out of the catchment area, will the Council reconsider the number of places available at both schools for the September 2021 intake?

Mr G Harris

(3) Reduction of Places at Dorothy Stringer Secondary School

Can the Council advise when discussions took place, and when a decision was made, to reduce the intake at Dorothy Stringer School by 30 places for the September 2021 intake?

Ms L Aziz

(4) Funding for Secondary Schools

What has happened to the funding that was to be made available to existing secondary schools to enable them to provide additional student places, following the decision in 2018 not to go ahead with the opening of a new secondary school?

Ms L Murphy