Free School Bid North End, Yatton

So what is a Free School? A ‘free school’ is the DfE’s term for any new provision academy. ‘Academy’ is the legal term for state-funded schools that are independent of local authority control and receive their funding directly from the government.

And a Presumption Competition? The Education Act 2011 changed the arrangements for establishing new schools: “where a local authority identifies the need for a new school in its area, it must seek proposals to establish an academy (free school).” The competition is the process where the LA asks for bids and then identifies the best operator for the school. Most of the decision is taken here in North Somerset with ‘sign off’ at the DfE.

The requirements of the Council Opening Date: September 2020 Pupil Capacity: 210 places increasing to 420 as demand dictates. Planned Admission Number: 30 increasing to 60 as demand dictates Age Range: 4-11 years excluding nursery Gender: Mixed co-educational Nursery Provision: Up to 60 part-time sessions (30FTE) places for 2 - 4-year olds, increasing to 60 FTE places as demand dictates.

The new school The school is planned to be built with seven classrooms and one nursery classroom and with core infrastructure (hall, staff room, parking etc.) for 420 places with the additional 7 classrooms and additional nursery classroom to be provided when required. North Somerset Council will deliver the build-phase.

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By numbers… Schools Pupils 16* 7,171 % Secondary Schools 3 20 4,747 59 Primary schools 5 27 1,309 16 Infant schools 4 866 11 Junior schools 1,192 15 * We have Academy orders for six further primaries in the Flax Bourton and the Chew Valley areas to join in Jan 2019. Of our existing 16 schools, 9 are Ofsted Good and 7 are Ofsted Outstanding.

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Our bid for North End A physical environment inspired by Portishead Primary School

Our bid for North End Values curriculum developed from best practice at Portishead Primary and at Yatton Schools

Our bid for North End An exciting and rich curriculum drawing on excellent examples from our existing schools

Our bid for North End Close collaboration and links with Yatton Schools, Backwell School and beyond ‘Community cohesion is key'

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