The School Standards and Framework Act 1998 requires Devon County Council as the Local Education Authority (LEA) to produce a School Organisation Plan.

The Plan :

• Deals with how school places are provided in Devon and how places will be provided to meet future demand.
• Covers a five year period from the start of the academic year beginning September 2002. It is a rolling Plan that is reviewed and updated annually to cover the following 5 years.
• Identifies the areas where places will be needed and what type of places will be needed, but does not identify individual schools.
• Gives details of provision for children with Special Educational Needs and for Post 16 students.
• Identifies how all the promoters and providers of education in Devon which are the LEA, the Church of England, the Roman Catholic Church and the Learning Skills Council will be involved.

The County Council has set up a School Organisation Committee to consider the School Organisation Plan along with any comments that are received during consultation. Devon's School Organisation Committee is formed from members drawn from the County Council, the Church of England Diocesan Board of Education, the Roman Catholic Schools Commission, the Learning and Skills Council and serving school governors.

Contents

Introduction (23KB - pdf help)

Glossary (14KB - pdf help)

A Demographic Information Relevant to the Supply of School Places (49KB - pdf help)

   1 Total Population Forecast for Districts in Devon 2 Pupil Numbers
   2 Pupil Numbers
   3 School Data (See Appendix 1 (183KB - pdf help))
   4 Sixth Form Information
   5 Nursery Information
   6 Special Educational Needs Arrangements

B Further Information (23KB - pdf help)
   1 Fluctuations in Pupil Numbers
   2 Pupils out of School
   3 Current Capital Programme
   4 Changes to School Organisation
C Statement of Policies or Principles relevant to the Provision of School Places (37KB - pdf help)
   1 Performance
   2 Diversity of Provision
   3 Post 16 Provision
   4 School Size
   5 Class/Teaching Group Size
   6 Parental Preference
   7 Accessibility to Schools
   8 Accessibility to Provision
   9 Special Educational Needs
   10 The Wider Community
D Other Plans Relevant to School Organisation (21KB - pdf help)

E Conclusions drawn from the demographic information and policy principles about the need to add or remove places in a particular district or part of the Local Education Authority area (25KB - pdf help)

   1 Population Trends
   2 Pupil Numbers - Primary and Secondary
   3 Availability of Resources

Appendix 1 - School Data - Table A 5 (183KB - pdf help)
Appendix 2 - Area and District Forecasts (78KB - pdf help)
Appendix 3 - Power to Publish Proposals under Section 28, 29, 35, 93, 101, 109 and Schedule 7 of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 (15KB - pdf help)
Appendix 4 - Glossary of Terms and Abbreviations (14KB - pdf help)

Last Updated: 6th September 2002

If you have any comments or queries on the School Organisation Plan, please edmail@devon.gov.uk.