Request:
Please provide copies of any financial models, cost–benefit analyses, or impact assessments prepared to support the Langley First School and Appletree Gardens merger proposal, or the broader NEPA school reorganisation.
Include spreadsheets, briefing papers, or summaries produced by Resources (Jon Ritchie), Children’s Services (Julie Firth), or Education Place Planning, from January 2023 onward.
Response:
Please find attached the schools' 3 year budget tools submitted by the schools - generally submitted towards the end of May each year.
Each year, the schools' budget forecasts covers a 3 year period. The attached summaries are as submitted each year, but it needs to be recognised that the subsequent years' budget tools supersede the previous tools that were submitted.
These are the documents that are used to assess the financial positions of all schools in the preparation of the proposals as set out in the September 2025 Ambition for Education report.
Please be advised, information relating to specific staff roles and salaries is withheld under Section 40(2) of the Act. Information is exempt from disclosure if it is the personal data of an individual other than the requester and where the disclosure of that personal data would be in breach of any of the data protection principles.