PAN consultation 09.10.24 to 27.10.24

[11 Oct 2024]
  1. Bridlington School Consultation on Change of Pupil Admission Number
What change is being proposed?
The school have requested that the admission number for the school is decreased from 200 to 180 for the Year 7 year for the start of the 2026-27 school year.
What reasons have the school given for the change?
  • The current PAN of 200 was put in place during a time of higher demand within Bridlington.
  • The school has seen a fall in demand which is linked to a decline in the local birth rate and parental preference.
  • The pupil projection information demonstrates a clear decline in pupil numbers which is projected to continue for the foreseeable future.
  • Reducing the PAN to 180 safeguards the financial viability of the school as staffing has been able to be reduced to accommodate this number of students.
    • The staffing reduction and restructure process that ran in academic year 2023-24 reduced the teaching classes across the curriculum to 6 sets.  The school is currently operating a 6 form entry into Year 7.
  • The school will continue to ensure that negotiations take place with the school admissions team over the next few years to ensure that all students living within the school’s catchment area can be accommodated at the school.
What other information is available about this change?
  • There would be no changes to the physical capacity of the school which is able to accommodate up to 200 pupils in each year group.
  • The physical accommodation and built capacity of the school will not be reduced in such a way as to make the proposed decrease irreversible in future years.  All spaces that can be used as classrooms and teaching spaces may be used alternatively when not required as classrooms, but all shall be retained as potential future classrooms for the future needs of children in the community.
If approved, this change will not come into force for the year group starting in September 2025, but only from September 2026.
The main ERYC page School admission arrangements for 2026-27 (eastriding.gov.uk) includes all of the detail.
The consultation is open from Wednesday 9th October to Wednesday 27th October. If you wish to respond to this consultation please complete the  survey is available here https://consultation.eastriding.gov.uk/s/SchoolAdmissionsConsultation2026-27/