Consultation process

The first stage in the process is consultation with interested parties. These are:

  • the governing bodies of both schools
  • families of pupils at both schools
  • teachers and other staff at both schools
  • any other LA likely to be affected by the proposals, in particular neighbouring authorities where there may be significant cross-border movement of pupils
  • the governing bodies, teachers and other staff of any other school that may be affected
  • families of any pupils at any other school who may be affected by the proposals
  • any trade unions who represent staff at the school; and representatives of any trade union of any other staff at schools who may be affected by the proposals
  • MPs whose constituencies include the schools that are the subject of the proposals or whose constituents are likely to be affected by the proposals
  • any other interested organisation or person that the proposer think are appropriate

We want the consultation period to provide enough time for everyone to express their views and for these views to be properly considered. Good practice is a period of 6 weeks within term time from the date of the publication of the proposal.

The period of consultation will commence on 12 May 2021 until 7 July 2021. We will consider and respond to all comments and questions and publish those comments and responses for everyone to see. 

At the end of the period of consultation, all the feedback will be included in a report to the Executive Member for consideration. If they take the decision to proceed to the next stage, we will publish a statutory notice of our intention to discontinue Wellfield Junior School and simultaneously extend the age range at Wellfield Infant & Nursery School.

The publication of the notice would mark the start of a four-week representation period. Within one week of the publication of the statutory notice there is a requirement for us to publish a full proposal and provide a copy upon request to any interested party. 

A copy of the full proposal will also be sent to the Department for Education (DfE) and to the Office of the Schools Adjudicator (OSA). This representation stage allows people to make comments.

At the end of the representation period, all the feedback will be included in a report to Trafford Council Executive for a final decision.

This is the proposed timetable highlighting the key stages in the process:

Table of stages in consultation process
Stage ActionDate 
1 Informal consultation begins including publication of the proposal. Consultation begins 12 May 2021 and runs until 7 July 2021 (8 weeks with 6 weeks during term time)
Full report including consultation comments and local authority responses published online.
Decision by Executive Member to proceed or not to proceed to Stage 2.
w/c 12 July 2021
2 Publication of statutory notices and the final full proposal commences the statutory 4 week representation period (formal consultation). 2 September 2021 to 30 September 2021
3 Final Decision by Trafford Council Executive (must be made within 2 months of end of representation period). w/c 25 October 2021
  Period of transition to fully amalgamated primary school in September 2022. September 2022

 

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