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    (i)        to implement the proposal to permanently close Cordyce School in Aberdeen, with effect from 1 April 2018;

  (ii)        to instruct the Head of Policy, Performance and Resources to notify Scottish Ministers of the Council’s intention to implement the closure proposal, in  accordance with the requirements of the Schools (Consultation) (Scotland) Act 2010 as amended; and

 (iii)        subject to any call-in by Scottish Ministers, to agree that the Cordyce school site should be declared surplus to Education and Children’s Services requirements, and to instruct the Head of Policy, Performance and Resources to make arrangements to transfer the site to the Head of Land and Property Assets.

With reference to article 12 of the minute of the meeting of the Education and Children’s Services Committee of 14 September 2017, the Committee had before it a report by the acting Director of Education and Children’s Services which reported on the outcome of a recent statutory consultation on the proposal to permanently close Cordyce School.

The report recommended –

that the Committee

(a)          agree to implement the proposal to permanently close Cordyce School in Aberdeen, with effect from 1 April 2018;

(b)          instruct the Head of Policy, Performance and Resources to notify Scottish Ministers of the Council’s intention to implement the closure proposal, in  accordance with the requirements of the Schools (Consultation) (Scotland) Act 2010 as amended; and

(c)          subject to any call-in by Scottish Ministers, agree that the Cordyce school site should be declared surplus to Education and Children’s Services requirements, and to instruct the Head of Policy, Performance and Resources to make arrangements to transfer the site to the Head of Land and Property Assets.

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The Committee resolved:

to approve the recommendations.