Issue - meetings

(i)        to agree to rezone the Foresterhill Hospital Complex area from Mile End School to Cornhill School and consequently from Aberdeen Grammar School to St Machar Academy, with implementation at the start of school session 2014-15, i.e. August 2014;

(ii)        to agree to rezone the northwest part of Scotstown School Catchment Area to Greenbrae School and consequently from Bridge of Don Academy to Oldmachar Academy, with implementation at the start of school session 2014-15, i.e. August 2014;

(iii)       to note that a feasibility study on extent and nature of the additional accommodation required at Greenbrae School, as well as the timing of carrying out any works required, would be undertaken and reported to the Committee in due course; and

(iv)       to request officers to advise the Committee, by way of email, of the number of pupils affected by the rezoning of the Foresterhill Hospital Complex.

With reference to article 3 of the minute of its meeting of 7 February 2013, the Committee had before it a report by the Director of Education, Culture and Sport which advised of the outcome of the statutory consultation on the proposals to (1) rezone the Foresterhill Hospital Complex area from Mile End School to Cornhill School and consequently from Aberdeen Grammar School to St Machar Academy and (2) rezone the northwest part of Scotstown School Catchment Area to Greenbrae School and consequently from Bridge of Don Academy to Oldmachar Academy.

The report recommended –

that the Committee implement the proposals (i) and (ii) above, with implementation at the start of school session 2015-16, i.e. August 2015.

At this juncture, the Convener advised that there was an error within the report and that the recommendation should state that the implementation of the proposals would be at the start of the school session 2014-15, i.e. August 2014, rather than 2015-16, i.e. August 2015 as currently stated in the report.

The Committee resolved:

(i)         to approve the recommendation with the proposals being implemented at the start of the school session 2014-15, i.e. August 2014,

(ii)        to note that a feasibility study on extent and nature of the additional accommodation required at Greenbrae School, as well as the timing of carrying out any works required, would be undertaken and reported to the Committee in due course; and

(iii)       to request officers to advise the Committee, by way of email, of the number of pupils affected by the rezoning of the Foresterhill Hospital Complex.