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RESOLVED: Cabinet agrees to support and provide any commentary for the proposed reorganisation of a number of Catholic schools. Subject to confirmation and consideration of the cost of transportation.
Mrs Wendy White (Director of Education from the Wrexham Diocese) declared a personal and prejudicial interest. She was attending the meeting to provide information and answer questions.
The Overview & Scrutiny Facilitator advised that Cabinet had considered a report relating to the Sustainable Communities for Learning Programme - Proposal to Modernise the Catholic School Estate at a meeting held on 14 October 2025. The Overview & Scrutiny Facilitator outlined the procedure for the call in of a Cabinet decision as detailed in the supporting document and referred to the call in notice and Decision all of which wereincluded on the agenda. The Chair then invited the signatories to present the reasons for the call-in to the Committee. Representations from Call In Signatories Councillors: David Coggins Cogan, Marion Bateman, Carol Ellis, Andy Hughes and Linda Thew outlined the reasons for the Call In, expanding on the reasons contained within the Agenda Responses from the Decision Makers The Cabinet Member for Education, Welsh Language, Culture and Leisure and Mrs Wendy White provided detailed responses to the points raised in the call in notice.
Y penderfyniad fel y'i cofnodwyd
RESOLVED: Cabinet agrees to support and provide any commentary for the proposed reorganisation of a number of Catholic schools. Subject to confirmation and consideration of the cost of transportation.
The Chair invited Members of the Committee to ask questions of the Decision Makers and Call In signatories. A number of questions raised by committee members and call in signatories were responded to by the Cabinet Member (Education and Youth), the Chief Officer (Education and Youth), Mrs Wendy White and Cabinet Members The Chair invited the initiators of the call in to sum up. Councillor David Coggins Cogan summed up on behalf of the call in signatories. The Cabinet Member for (Education and Youth) and Deputy Leader of the Council and Cabinet Member for Transformation, Growth and Place summed up the reasons for the proposals for the decision made by Cabinet. The Chair invited the Democratic Services Manager to remind Members of the options for decision making as detailed in item 4 of the Agenda. The Democratic Services Manager to remind Members of the options for decision making as detailed below. The options for consideration were:- (a) Cabinet reviews the outcomes from the consultation. (b) Cabinet agrees to support and provide any commentary for the proposed reorganisation of a number of Catholic schools. Subject to confirmation and consideration of the cost of transportation. (c) Cabinet considers the following points as part of its review of the proposal: · the likely impact on quality and standards in education, · the likely impact on the community, and · the likely effect of different travelling arrangements (d) Cabinet considers proceeding to issuing a statutory notice to commence a 28-day period for objections. During this stage, any stakeholder can lodge a statutory objection to the proposal. These statutory objections will be considered before a final determination takes place. Councillor Carolyn Preece raised a number questions and proposed that the committee voted for option 4 as this option would allow County Council to discuss this. There were many unanswered questions and concerns from communities and very little confidence that the process had been fairly and fully understood. This was seconded by Councillor Andrew Parkhurst. A recorded vote was requested for Option (d) For: Councillors: Adele Davies Cooke, Mike Peers, Andrew Parkhurst, Carolyn Preece, Jason Shallcross and Lisa Allen Against: Councillors: Bill Crease, Mel Buckley, Ron Davies, Ian Hodge, Fran Lister, Gina Maddison, Vicky Perfect and Lynne Bartlett. The motion was lost. Councillor Ron Davies proposed Option 2 saying difficult decisions had to be made in light of the surplus places at the schools. He was not concerned as explanations had been received from Cabinet Members and Officers of the Council. This was seconded by Councillor Bill Crease. Upon being put the vote this motion was carried. RESOLVED: Cabinet agrees to support and provide any commentary for the proposed reorganisation of a number of Catholic schools. Subject to confirmation and consideration of the cost of transportation.
There were 4 member of the public in attendance.
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