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A Review Of Primary Schools In The South & East Bath Area

Combe Down CE VC Primary School, Freshford CE VC Primary School, St Martins Garden Primary School, St Philips CE VC Primary School

1) Numbers on Roll, Forecasts & Surplus Places

School	Category	PAN Sept 2004	Capacity	Sep 99 Actual	Sep 00 Actual	Sep 01 Actual	Sep 02 Actual	Sep 03 Actual	Average NOR 99-03	Sep 04 Actual	Surplus Places Sep 04	Surplus Places Forecast Sept 07
Combe Down CE VC P	Controlled	56	392	340	370	376	377	382	369	396	0
Freshford CE VC P	Controlled	20	140	115	131	135	133	135	130	134	6
St Martin’s Garden P	Community	60	399	386	344	309	302	311	330	298	101
St Philip’s CE VC P	Controlled	47	327	336	339	336	329	312	330	306	21

Totals		183	1258	1177	1184	1156	1141	1140	1159	1134	128	1085
Average		46	315	294	296	289	285	285	290	284	32	271

Notes

PAN means Planned Admission Number. This figure equates to the number of pupils the school must admit if demand exists. PAN has replaced Standard Number for admissions from September 2004.

Net Capacity is the physical capacity of the school and shows the number of places available. It is derived from a DfES formula.

Surplus places mean unfilled places. Not all unfilled places are surplus. The calculation of surplus places takes account only of those schools where the number of pupils is fewer than the number of places available. Shortfalls of places in schools are not counted.

The purpose of showing the average number on roll over the five years previous to 2004/05 is to ensure that an unusual variation in admissions in one year does not provide a distorted picture.

Forecast numbers for individual schools are not included. It can be seen that the total number on roll at September 2004 is 96% of that at September 1999. Forecasts indicate that by September 2007 the total number on roll will be 92% of the 1999 figure.

2) Levels of Recruitment against Standard Number / Planned Admission Number

School		1999			2000			2001			2002			2003			2004		Average
	SN	Intake	%	SN	Intake	%	SN	Intake	%	SN	Intake	%	SN	Intake	%	PAN	Intake	%	% of SN
Combe Down CE VC P	40	36	90	54	55	102	54	55	102	54	55		54	54	100	56	60	107	101
Freshford CE VC P	20	18	90	20	20	100	20	20	100	20	18		20	20	100	20	17	85	94
St Martin’s Garden P	60	52	87	60	51	85	60	41	68	60	27		60	35	58	60	42	70	69
St Philip’s CE VC P	50	47	94	50	51	102	50	50	100	50	47		50	31	62	47	29	62	86

Total	170	153	90	184	177	96	184	166	90	184	147	80	184	140	76	183	148	80

Notes

Levels of recruitment are shown as percentages as changes to Standard Number were implemented at several schools

over the period September 1997 to September 2002. This was often as a result of the infant class size legislation.

Standard Number (SN) has been abolished from September 2004 and replaced by Planned Admission Number (PAN)

3) Financial Information

School	Formula Allocation	CPN (FTE)	Formula Allocation per FTE Pupil	OTHER	FUNDING		Other Funding Total	Other funding per FTE pupil	Total Funding	Total Funding per FTE pupil
				Standards Fund	Standards Grant	Devolved Capital

Combe Down CE VC P	748,969	384	1,950	42,947	31,779
Freshford CE VC P	320,637	138	2,323	29,164	20,000
St Martin’s P	651,417	280	2,326	47,097	30,000
St Philip’s CE VC P	622,683	306	2,035	43,929	31,103

Totals	2,343,706	1108		163,137	112,882
Area Average	585,927	277	2,115	40,784	28,221

Notes

CPN means Composite Pupil Number. This is the number of pupils for which a school receives funding. It is based on 5/12 of actual number on roll at January each year plus 7/12 from the estimated September number on roll.

* Schools marked with an asterisk operate an LEA nursery. Figures shown EXCLUDE funding for these Nursery classes. St Martin’s Garden Primary also operates a designated special needs provision. Figures shown EXCLUDE funding for this centre.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE ABOVE FIGURES HAVE BEEN ADJUSTED IN LIGHT OF ACTUAL NUMBERS ON ROLL AT SEPTEMBER 2004.

4) Outstanding Planned Maintenance

School	Category	Outstanding Planned Maintenance	OPM per head Based on average NOR
		(OPM)	97-02

Combe Down CE VC Primary	Controlled	49,100	133
Freshford CE VC Primary	Controlled	130,000	1000
St Martin’s Garden Primary	Community	259,000	785
St Philip’s CE VC Primary	Controlled	108,500	328

Totals		546,600

Notes

The figures showing the total costs of outstanding planned maintenance show only those works which are regarded as Urgent or Essential.

DfES and Property Services define Urgent as ‘Work that will prevent immediate closure of premises, and/or address an immediate high risk to the health and safety of occupants and/or remedy a serious breach of legislation’

Essential is defined as ‘Work required within two years that will prevent serious deterioration of the fabric or services and/or address a medium risk to the health and safety of occupants and/or remedy a less serious breach of legislation’

Precise details of the works required to each school are not published but have been supplied to each school as per the recommendation of the Overview & Scrutiny Panel.

5) Site & Building Areas

School	Category	% of recommended site area	% of recommended building area	% of REQUIRED Team Games Playing Field

Combe Down CE VC P	Controlled	45	64	0
Freshford CE VC P	Controlled	29	64	0
St Martin’s P	Community	194	174	205
St Philip’s CE VC P	Controlled	64	125	90

Notes

An assessment of these areas forms part of the Sufficiency element of the Asset Management Plan.

Building Bulletin 82 (BB82) ‘Area Guidelines for Schools’ is a DfES guidance document which indicates total site and building areas required. Figures take account of the size of school and the age range covered. BB82 is in the process of being revised.

A site or building which is too small will make management of the school more problematic. A site or building that is oversized will require more resources in order to maintain it. Such resources will come from the school budget and thus leave less to allocate to direct delivery of the curriculum.

6) Educational Standards 2004

School	KS1 % of children Level 2c+		Key Stage 2
					% Level 4+
	Reading	Writing	Maths	English	Maths	Science
Combe Down CE VC P	83	80	98	86	86	93
Freshford CE VC P	100	100	100	88	75	100
St Martin’s P	68	50	73	66	69	90
St Philip’s CE VC P	94	100	100	77	71	81

LEA Average	87	85	93	81	80	89
National Average	84	81	90	75	73	87

Data provided by Bath & North East Somerset Performance Data Unit

7) Suitability Assessments

In conjunction with sufficiency and condition assessments, suitability assessments help in the targeting of resources where they can have the greatest effect in raising standards and maximising value for money. The assessments help in identifying the educational impact of any deficiencies in accommodation, may identify a need for additional accommodation or improvements to existing accommodation.

The definitions below will assist readers in assessing the scale of the suitability problems faced by the schools within this Review.

Readers are reminded that the issues identified by the Suitability Assessments represent

the findings of work undertaken during the Autumn Term 2002-03. They reflect the position at each school on the day of the assessment. An update of the assessments will not be undertaken until the Autumn Term 2004-05.

Each school received a copy of their Assessment and Headteachers were invited to comment on the findings. The issues identified below represent the agreed suitability issues facing the school at the time of the Assessment.

Category A - Unable to teach curriculum.

This is most likely to be associated with numbers and types of teaching spaces available. There

should be enough appropriate spaces to accommodate all pupils for the whole of the curriculum

Category B - Teaching methods inhibited. Unsuitability of spaces may mean that schools’ preferred teaching methods are inhibited. This may be associated with numbers and types of teaching spaces, or with the size and other aspects of spaces

Category C - Management or organisation of school affected adversely.

Unsuitability of spaces and/or the way they relate to each other may affect the organisation or management of the school

Category D - Pupil or staff morale or pupil behaviour affected adversely.

Unsuitability of spaces may affect pupil or staff morale or pupil behaviour.

Bath & North East Somerset Council

A Review Of Primary Schools In The South & East Bath Area

Combe Down CE VC Primary School, Freshford CE VC Primary School, St Martins Garden Primary School, St Philips CE VC Primary School

1) Numbers on Roll, Forecasts & Surplus Places

2) Levels of Recruitment against Standard Number / Planned Admission Number

3) Financial Information

4) Outstanding Planned Maintenance

5) Site & Building Areas

6) Educational Standards 2004