The Essex School Organisation Plan 2008-2013 Contents Contents Introduction ............................................................................................................................1 The decision making process.................................................................................................. 4 Children and young people’s plan .......................................................................................5 A. Information relevant to managing the supply of school places ............................................ 6 A1. The county of Essex....................................................................................................... 6 A2. Population.................................................................................................................... 8 A3. The number of pupils and schools in Essex................................................................... 9 A4. Gender ........................................................................................................................ 15 A5. Ethnic groups ..............................................................................................................16 A6. Cross border pupil movement...................................................................................... 17 A7. Post-16 provision.........................................................................................................18 A8. Children with special educational needs..................................................................... 20 A9. Schools that are affected by fluctuations in pupil numbers ..........................................22 A10. Pupils ‘looked after’...................................................................................................23 A11. Education other than in schools .................................................................................24 A12. Independent schools .................................................................................................25 A13. Births in Essex ...........................................................................................................25 A14. New housing in Essex................................................................................................ 26 A15. Forecasting pupil numbers for 2013........................................................................... 28 B. Policies and principles relevant to the provision of school places in Essex .........................31 B1. School performance..................................................................................................... 31 B2. Increasing diversity .....................................................................................................33 Federation and collaborative working ................................................................................34 B3. Early years and childcare provision..............................................................................41 B4. The 14–19 Entitlement .................................................................................................42 B5. Post-16 provision.........................................................................................................43 B6. Meeting special educational needs .............................................................................43 B7. Assisting social and community cohesion....................................................................44 B8. Travel to school ...........................................................................................................45 B9. Infant class size ......................................................................................................... 48 The Essex School Organisation Plan 2008 – 2013 Contents B10. Guidelines for School Planning ................................................................................. 48 General ............................................................................................................................ 48 Primary............................................................................................................................. 49 Secondary Schools............................................................................................................50 B11. Proposals for remedying a surplus or shortage of places.............................................54 B12. Admission arrangements ...........................................................................................59 B13. Capital investment.....................................................................................................61 C. Managing the supply of school places in Essex ................................................................. 65 C1. Net capacity figures......................................................................................................65 C2. Local delivery group summaries.................................................................................. 66 References and bibliography..................................................................................................91 Some useful sources of additional information ..................................................................... 93 Appendices ......................................................................................................................... 96 Index………… ........................................................................................................................ 172 The Essex School Organisation Plan 2008 – 2013 Contents Appendices Appendix 1a Primary schools’ data .......................................................................................97 Appendix 1b Secondary schools’ data..................................................................................120 Appendix 2. Special education data......................................................................................125 (a) Special schools’ data (b) Mainstream schools with a SEN Unit or resourced provision Appendix 3. School diversity data ........................................................................................ 127 Appendix 4. Housing development data............................................................................... 131 Appendix 5. Methodology used to prepare pupil forecasts ................................................... 141 Appendix 6. The decision making process............................................................................147 Appendix 7a. Glossary .........................................................................................................159 Appendix 7b. Abbreviations used......................................................................................... 170 The Essex School Organisation Plan 2008 – 2013 Contents Tables and figures Table 1: Population estimates, Office for National Statistics 2002 to 2007 mid-year estimates 8 Table 2: Number of pupils in schools (2004 – 2008) ..............................................................10 Table 3: Cohort size across Essex primary and secondary schools at January 2008.................12 Table 4: Number of schools January 2008 ..............................................................................13 Table 5: School status and number on roll 2008.....................................................................14 Table 6: Gender balance (January 2008).................................................................................15 Table 7: Single sex schools in Essex (January 2008) ...............................................................16 Table 8: Ethnic minority group (EMG) pupil numbers in Essex schools (January 2008) ............16 Table 9: Cross border movement into Essex ...........................................................................17 Table 10: Cross border movement out of Essex.......................................................................18 Table 11: School post-16 number on roll (January 2008) .........................................................18 Table 12: Further education post-16 provision data 2007/08 – 2012/13 .................................19 Table 13: Higher education post-16 provision data 2007/08 – 2012/13 ..................................19 Table 14: Essex provision of special educational needs......................................................... 20 Table 15: Essex Pupil Referral Units ........................................................................................21 Table 16: Birth statistics for Essex 1999 – 2007..................................................................... 26 Table 17: Anticipated housing increases (2001 – 2021) ..........................................................27 Table 18: Actual and forecast pupil numbers 2008 – 2013..................................................... 29 Table 19: Braintree primary schools (2008 – 2013)................................................................ 66 Table 20: Braintree secondary schools (2008 – 2013) ........................................................... 68 Table 21: Chelmsford primary schools (2008 – 2013) ............................................................ 69 Table 22: Chelmsford District secondary schools (2008 – 2013).............................................71 Table 23: Maldon primary schools (2008 – 2013) ...................................................................72 Table 24: Maldon secondary schools (2008 – 2013)...............................................................73