Admissions Consultation
Consultation to change the Published Admission Number (PAN) for Driffield CE VC Infant School
East Riding of Yorkshire Council is conducting a consultation on the draft admission arrangements for the 2026-27 school year for a 6 week period between Wednesday 9 October and Wednesday 27 November 2024.
What change is being proposed?
The governing body of the school requested that the admission number for the school is decreased from 90 to 60 for the Reception year group for the start of the 2026-27 school year.
What reasons have the school given for the change?
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Having considered the forecasts for projected pupil numbers and considering the wider context of falling birth rates locally and nationally.
What other information is available about this change?
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The school is seeing a fall in demand which is linked to a decline in the birth rate and pupil projection information demonstrates a clear decline in pupil numbers.
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The decrease in future demand is predicted to be lower in future years than at present, resulting in a growing surplus of school places.
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The school are currently running 6 classes across Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 with 2 classes for each year group, and this proposed number will not require an alteration in the number of classes.
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The physical accommodation and built capacity of the school will not be reduced in such a way as to make the decrease irreversible in future years. All spaces that can be used as classrooms and teaching spaces will be used alternatively when not required as classrooms, but all shall be retained as potential future classrooms for the future needs of children.
If approved, this change will not come into force for the year group starting in September 2025, but only from September 2026.
Click below for details of the proposed changes:
School admission arrangements for 2026-27 (eastriding.gov.uk)
The consultation survey is available here
https://consultation.eastriding.gov.uk/s/SchoolAdmissionsConsultation2026-27/