Despite reversing an initial decision, Nottinghamshire County Council insists changes to school catchment areas near a new housing estate actually offer families more choice. Councillor Sam Smith, the cabinet member for education and SEND at the council, says families on the Chase Farm development now have four primary schools to choose from after the Office of the Schools Adjudicator (OSA) added Lambley Primary School back into their catchment area.
Nottinghamshire County Council's education chief insists changes to catchment areas for families on a new housing estate will "enhance" their choice of school. The Conservative-led authority recently removed those on the Chase Farm development in Gedling from the catchment area of Lambley Primary School .
The initial removal of Lambley Primary School was done alongside the addition of the Stanhope Primary and Nursery School, Phoenix Infant and Nursery School and Priory Junior School to Chase Farm's catchment. All three of these schools are closer to Chase Farm than Lambley and All Hallows C of E Primary School, the two sites that parents on the development previously had to choose from.
"Families there on the estate now have a choice of four good local schools and I think that's to be welcomed. Particularly with Stanhope, Priory and Phoenix, they're well within walking distance of the estate. It was then announced in 2023 that money would instead be spent on expanding existing secondary schools in a move which left parents "really disappointed". The original primary school plan would have seen a new facility offering 210 school places.
School Catchment Nottinghamshire Housing Estate Education Choice Lambley Primary School
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