## School Organisation Strategy What Is A School Organisation Strategy?

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Strategic plan outlining how school places are organised across the borough, including school roll projections.  
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The School Organisation Strategy isn't statutory or compulsory - it's a 
sensible and practical way to make sure that we have the right amount of school places now and for the future.  
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Ensure there is a school place for every child that needs one - means regardless of residence we have a duty to provide a primary or secondary school place as required.
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Linking Growth and Development and changes in demography to needs.

## Gla, Srp And Surplus Places

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Greater London Authority (GLA) datasets include - population: households: ethnicity: economic activity: sets are updated annually, incorporating the latest data from Office for National Statistics (ONS) and other sources as it becomes available. 
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We subscribe to GLA Demography - to generate our School Roll Projections (SRP).
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The replacement method is used to forecast the number of children anticipated in each age (year) group over time.  4 year olds are Reception class, 5 year olds Y1 and so on at primary.  11 year olds will be Y7 at secondary.

## Replacement Method School Roll Projections

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About 18 months ago the GLA noticed irregularities with their projection model 
for SRP.   
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A miscalculation in the ONS mid year estimates for internal migration (population movement across London boroughs) meant their internal migration 
model was counting inward internal migration but not counting outward internal migration.  
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This miscalculation skewed the GLA projections which were passed on to us in our SRP.  

## Primary School Roll Projections

Difference
Year
SRP
School 
Year
School 
Places
Places
SRP
Difference
PAN minus SRP
PAN minus SRP
2019
7,876
6,324
1,552 (24.5% surplus)
2019
3,915
3,347
568 (17.0% surplus)
2020
7,951
6,254
1,697 (27.1% surplus)
2020
4,035
3,379
656 (19.4% surplus)
2021
7,966
6,187
1,779 (28.8% surplus)
2021
4,125
3,435
690 (20.1% surplus)
2022
7,966
6,142
1,824 (29.7% surplus)
2022
4,215
3,473
742 (21.4% surplus)
2023
7,966
6,119
1,827 (30.2% surplus)
2023
4,245
3,543
702 (19.8% surplus)

## Secondary School Roll Projections Secondary Roll Projections

Difference 
Year
School 
School Places 
Places
SRP
minus SRP
| 2019   | 8,019   | 7,173   | 846 (11.8%    | surplus   | )   |
|--------|---------|---------|---------------|-----------|-----| | 2020   | 8,022   | 7,270   | 752 (10.3%    | surplus   | )   |
|--------|---------|---------|---------------|-----------|-----|
| 2021   | 8,025   | 7,356   | 669 (9.1%    | surplus   | )   |
|--------|---------|---------|--------------|-----------|-----|
| 2022   | 8,025   | 7,476   | 549 (7.3%    | surplus   | )   |
|--------|---------|---------|--------------|-----------|-----|
2023
| 2023   | 8,025   | 7,546   | 479 (6.3%    | surplus   | )   |
|--------|---------|---------|--------------|-----------|-----|

## School Financial Viability Emerging Themes And Recommendations

1. Address primary surplus, reduce PAN, collaborative approaches. 2. Secondary provision nurtures and develops education based relationships 
- Industrial Strategy.
3. Revive and restore the unique appeal of local schools. 4. Federation and collaboration approaches.
5. Use school organisation strategy evidence base to respond to planning 
proposals. 
6. Further work on Special Educational Need and Disabilities (SEND) and 
Alternative Provision (AP) place planning linked to need.
7. Balance between provision in specialist schools, special units within 
mainstream schools and mainstream institutions.
8. Use future Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) to invest in school 
buildings and regeneration of school estate through development.