Batley Girls’ High School - Visual Arts College and Batley Business and Enterprise College

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• Consultation events
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• A3 map of Field Hill (PDF 1.9Mb)
• Message from Councillors Smith and Smithson

The proposal

Who could attend

Priority would be given to pupils who live in the planned admission areas currently served by the following primary schools:

• Field Lane J I & N School
• Park Road J I & N School
• Manorfield I & N School
• Staincliffe CE (C) Junior School
• Purlwell I & N School
• Hyrstmount Junior School
• Warwick Road J I & N School
• Batley Parish CE (A) J I & N School

Support through changes

We are preparing detailed plans to plot the pathway for pupils, parents and staff so that we can all effectively manage with any proposed changes.
Maintaining stability and creating an improvement in the current standards of our children’s education will remain the backbone of everything we do.
The following pages show how the changes may affect your child. The transition pathways do not affect the rights of parents and carers to apply for a place at other schools.

Support for staff

Retaining our skilled teaching and support staff to maintain high standards of teaching and learning is fundamental to our plans. We have been working with staff groups and trade unions to develop a HR framework to support staff transitions that will ensure processes are fair and support individuals in terms of their career ambitions and personal aspirations.

Table 1 - Proposed timeline for changes to Batley Girls’ High School – Visual Arts College and Batley Business and Enterprise College

Table 2 - How would the proposed changes affect my daughter currently attending Batley Girls’ High School – Visual Arts College?

Batley Girls’ High School – Visual Arts College

• Would move from the Howden Clough site to the new building on the Batley Field Hill site in September 2013.
• The 6th Form would admit the last group of Year 12 students in September 2011 and they would finish their courses on the current site.
• Would have a changed PAA from September 2013.
• Girls in Years 9, 10 and 11 would not be affected by the proposals. They would stay at Batley Girls’ High on the Howden Clough site until the end of Year 11
  and then stay in the school 6th form or transfer to other post-16 provision.
• Girls in Years 7 and 8 would stay at Batley Girls’ High on the Howden Clough site until the end of Year 11. The school 6th form would not be available.

Table 3 - How would the proposed changes affect my daughter currently at primary school who chooses to go to Batley Girls’ High School – Visual Arts College?

• Girls currently in Year 6 at primary school who have chosen to go to Batley Girls’ High in September 2009 would move from the Howden Clough site to the
  new building at Batley Field Hill at the start of Year 11 in September 2013.
• Girls currently in Years 3,4,5 at primary school who choose to go to Batley Girls’ High at the end of Year 6 would move from the Howden Clough site to the
  Batley Field Hill site in September 2013.
• Girls currently in Years 2 and below at primary school would be able to choose to go to Batley Girls’ High on the Batley Field Hill site at the end of Year 6.
  They would have priority for admission to Batley Girls’ High if they are resident in the revised Priority Admission Area.
  The chart below shows how the proposed changes would affect pupils. Find the current year group for your daughter and follow the row across to see how she would be affected over the next few years.
  

Table 4 - How would the proposed changes affect my son currently attending Batley Business & Enterprise College?

Proposals: Batley Business & Enterprise College
• Would remain on the current site at Batley Field Hill and share the building and facilities with Batley Girls’ High from September 2013
• Would be subject to a changed PAA from September 2013.
• Boys in Years 7 to 11 would not be affected by the proposals They would stay at Batley BEC on the Batley Field Hill site until the end of Year 11 and then
transfer to other post-16 provision.
The chart below shows how the proposed changes would affect boys. Find the current year group for your son and follow the row across to see how he would
be affected over the next few years.