Olney Infant Academy Happily Learning Together

Spinney Hill Road, Olney, MK46 5AD Tel: 01234 711388 email: [email protected] www.olneyinfantacademy.co.uk

Headteacher: Mrs Sarah Armitage [email protected]

Consultation on Changing the Catchment Area for Olney Infant Academy

December 2020

Olney Infant Academy would like to propose expanding the school’s catchment area, with effect from 01 September 2022.

Olney Infant Academy proposes to expand their catchment to include: - - Petsoe - Filgrave -

Olney Infant Academy is seeking comments on the proposed change.

Proposal

Olney Infant Academy proposes to expand the current catchment area from 01 September 2022 to include Emberton, Petsoe, Filgrave and Tyringham. Additionally, there has been an application made to the DfE for this to take effect from September 2021, the results of this are awaited.

We do not propose to make any other changes to our admissions policy, see this attached or at https://www.olneyinfantacademy.co.uk/about/admissions/

Factors that have been considered by Olney Infant Academy in deciding to consult on this proposal are:

- Emberton School closed on 01 April 2020 - Liaison with Council regarding school places required across Milton Keynes - Olney Infant Academy is committed to meeting the needs of the communities that Emberton school previously served

How to Respond to the Consultation

This consultation will run from 16th December 2020 to 27th January 2021 and you are invited to submit comments in writing about the proposal above to the Chair of Governors, Mrs S Davies, and the Headteacher, Mrs Sarah Armitage, through:

Website: https://www.iftl.co.uk/contact/ Email: [email protected] Written Responses: Olney Infant Academy, Spinney Hill Road, Olney, MK46 5AD

Olney Infant Academy is part of Inspiring Futures Through Learning, a company Limited by Guarantee and registered to Two Mile Ash School, The High Street, Two Mile Ash, Milton Keynes MK8 8LH. The company number is 07698904 and is registered in .