Summary Online Responses Are you in favour of the proposal? What is your interest in the proposal? No Yes (blank) Grand Total % Local Resident 6 13 1 20 21% Local Resident, Other, please specify 2 1 3 3% Other, please specify 1 1 1% Parent 10 28 38 40% Parent, Local Resident 12 15 27 28% Parent, Local Resident, Other, please specify 1 1 1% Pupil* 4 4 4% (blank) 1 1 2 2% Grand Total 35 60 1 96 36% 63% 1% Email Responses including Letters Are you in favour of the proposal? What is your interest in the proposal? No Yes (blank) Grand Total % Local Resident 5 4 9 9% (blank) 2 2 2% Parent 2 1 2 5 5% Parent, Local Resident 1 1 1% Grand Total 10 1 6 17 10% 1% 6% Hardcopy Responses None Total: Are you in favour of the proposal? No Yes (blank) Grand Total Grand Total 45 61 7 113 40% 54% 6% Response Themes Negative to ethos of school, will disturb the community feel of the small school/ parents specifically sent children to small school Disruption to children's day - as has occurred with temporary classroom/School life disturbed during building work Space will be compromised, i.e. playtime, after school and PE / affects outdoor area/field/wildlife Site too small / School buildings and grounds too small/Pressure on resources e.g. library Quality of life not as good in an expanded school Outstanding status will fall/impact on education/ quality of teaching will fall Fear that the current management cannot cope Congested roads around drop off and pick up/ Additional traffic will cause safety issues/ uneven pavements plus additional traffic will cause accidents Parking issues outside school / more noise and mess at pick up and drop off times for local residents. Don’t need places - problem in Boldmere area not Maney Hill Not enough notice for residents to make comment Local children will benefit by being able to go to a local school Maney Hill oversubscribed which indicates how popular it is so should be expanded Children have not been able to get into any of their 1st, 2nd or 3rd choice schools in the past so expansion needed. Children cannot get into a school within walking distance Good for childs development for local children to go to local schools Distressing to not know if you have got a place at school until the very last minute due to being on a waiting list Maney Hill has physical space to support expansion High demand for places in area and at Maney Hill Sutton has needed places for some time Should not be a problem with traffic as local children will be able to attend Maney Hill and they can walk this will ease traffic and promote healthy lifestyle BeHeard Responses What is What is your Are you Are you in favour of the proposal? - Please give details your interest in in favour interest the proposal? of the in the - other, proposal? proposal? please - interest specify Local No I do not think it is a good idea to expand the school. Resident This is not good for the children or the residents. More cars, more traffic jams, we need more schools building, not enlarging the ones we have that have functioned perfectly well for 50 years as they are. Cramming more kids in will affect resources and space, confining children and giving them less room to play and less individuality. The traffic in Walmley is already dreadful at school time and this will make it worse. There is not enough parking for even more children. It will make the road more dangerous and dfifficult to get through. Build new schools, don't ruin the great ones we have. Local No More traffic and parking problems/dangers contributing to an already congested road during school drop off and pick up. Resident Increased danger to pupils during school drop off and pick up Additional traffic during after school activites Noise and mess during construction increasing road traffic safety especially during school pick up and drop off times Local No There is already lots of traffic after only one class extra. The school is barely able to accommodate the extra 30 (my cousin Resident attends in reception). Local No I am writing to oppose the proposed expansion of Maney Hill School from 210 to 420 pupils. Adding additional class/classes will Resident have a negative impact on the ethos of the School, its children and the community. I have extensive knowledge of the school and local community. I attended Maney Hill in the 1970s and returned to very near the school 16 years ago, specifically so that my four daughters could have the nurturing experience of being educated at a small school. Over the last 16 years I have helped with school grounds, children's reading, been on countless trips, theme days and PTA events. As a level 3 teaching assistant I volunteered to help individuals, small groups and classes through all year groups. I happily gave up my time as it was such a friendly, family based school. Maney Hill School still has an outstanding OFSTED award but it is almost 7 years out of date and does not reflect the school currently. Recently the Head Teacher has changed; the Deputy Head Teacher has left as have a large number of teaching staff. The majority of the governing body has changed including the head governor. (Rob Crosson is also head governor at Whitehouse Common School which is also likely to expand against their communities wishes). I feel the decision to expand was made by people with little connection and knowledge of the school and its community. Due to recent changes there is ill feeling amongst the wider school community. Residents, parents and the wider community will be affected by the lack of space on the streets, extra traffic, parking problems and the traffic bottlenecks any expansion will bring. Residents already have concerns over increased car usage, inconsiderate street parking and parking on private land, traffic congestion, child welfare and safety. Residents chose to live on a quiet, residential road with a small school. Maney Hill Road is now busy because of increased car usage by parents and school events regularly held during the day, evenings, weekends and recently during school holidays, without notice. The extra 30 children from September 2015 have had a great impact on traffic. Any further expansion will create even more congestion and danger. No effort had been made by the school or Birmingham council to inform residents of initial plans to expand. I believe that pressure from residents and a local counsellor led to a meeting being arranged in October 2015, after the school had already been expanded by one class. However, only residents from a very limited area have been contacted. Namely households in Corncrake Close, Shooters Hill, Mottrams Close, 109-167 Maney Hill Road (odds) 120-176 Maney Hill Road (evens) 82-98 East View Road. Expansion of Maney Hill School will affect a much wider area with increased parking and traffic. Residents further along Maney Hill Road and connecting Roads e.g. Rowan Road, Pilkington Avenue, Wylde Green Road, Shipton Road, Blackwell Road, Kempson Avenue etc will feel the effects and should be consulted. Residents have valid worries that any expansion (or threat of) will affect the saleability and value of homes. Maney Hill School is in Trinity Ward. The Birmingham Education Sufficiency Requirements 2014 to 2019 shows that there is no or minimal requirement for additional school places in Trinity ward. If places are needed for other Sutton Coldfield wards then perhaps schools need to be built on brown field sites. Building on school fields and increasing pupil numbers will deprive children of the environment they need to thrive. The current site is ideal for 210 children as noted on plans to provide additional space in 2008. It is important to save playing fields so children have the opportunity to run, play and enjoy sports and team games. Expansion will deny future children and parents the ethos, experience and opportunities of a small school. More parking and additional traffic will be intolerable for countless people. I implore you not to further expand Maney Hill Primary School. Local No I do not believe the numbers. Permanent buildings and traffic management might be at our expense and damage the area and Resident us. Local No I must make it clear at this early stage that I am not against expansion of schools in the right place at the right time and for the Resident right reasons. I have studied the consultation document the education sufficiency document which does not support the need for expansion in this ward and attended one of the belatedly arranged drop in sessions. I wish to acknowledge and thank the education and planning staff who ran this session but must also state that the absence of the Head teacher from such an important meeting was also noted. The school itself is a prime location for expansion. There is adequate space for increasing the school footprint and providing additional and adequate parking spaces for all staff including those attending the lollipops nursery which rents space from the school. The biggest and most pressing issue which prevents me from agreeing with the proposal is one of health and safety. This is entirely based upon the access to the school within Maney Hill road and is centred upon traffic congestion created mainly by the parents of the existing 210 pupils that attend the school. The configuration of this residential road particularly between the school and Pilkington Avenue creates extreme hazards when cars are parked on both sides of the road at the same time leaving only a single file route between them.