Background
Cheshire West and Chester Borough Council is proposing to launch a Free School Presumption Competition.
Under section 14 of the Education Act 1996 the Local Authority has a statutory duty to ensure that there are sufficient and suitable primary and secondary school places for children resident in its area.
We are proposing to provide a new 1FE primary school as part of strategic development, Ledsham Road, Ellesmere Port. The school will initially be a 1FE, with the opportunity to provide a further 0.5FE as the need arises. The provision is expected to be open from September 2028. This in turn will provide an additional 210 primary places, with a Published Admission Number (PAN) of 30, with the opportunity to provide a further 105 places.
This proposal will assist the Council in meeting this sufficiency duty in Planning Area, Ellesmere Port West.
The proposal to create a Free school has arisen due to foreplaned mitigation of expected pupils from strategic development, Ledsham Road. Also known as Ledsham Garden Village. The development is 2,000 residential dwellings. Data demonstrates the additional dwellings creates the need for 315 primary places to directly serve the new development.
We encourage you to read the consultation document, prior to providing feedback to the questions on this survey.
The outcome of the consultation will help to form the school specification.
The Council will prepare a specification which is detailed enough to enable proposers to understand the needs identified by the Council and submit the strongest proposal possible.
Council information is also available in audio, Braille, large print or other formats. If you would like a copy in a different format, in another language or require a BSL interpreter, please email equalities@cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk, telephone 0300 123 8 123 or textphone 18001 01606 275 757.