Object

Representation ID: 14917

Received: 14/12/2020

Respondent: Department for Education

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? Not specified

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

Evidence Base: Draft Infrastructure Delivery Plan:
- Welcome reference (p.77) to DfE’s Education Contributions Guidance.
- Need to ensure close working with neighbouring local authorities as high number of primary and secondary aged pupils outside of Borough attend Solihull schools.
- Would be useful to produce a Planning for Schools topic/background paper, expanding on evidence in Council’s IDP and School Organisation Plan, setting out clearly how forecast housing growth at allocated sites has been translated (via an evidence-based pupil yield calculation) into an identified need for specific numbers of school places and new schools over the plan period.
- DfE recommends SoCG with neighbouring authorities on cross-boundary movement of school pupils between Solihull borough and adjoining areas.