Proposal to merge Chaddesden Park Infant and Nursery and Chaddesdon Park Junior School to form a single primary school

Derby City Council is consulting on a proposal to ‘merge’ Chaddesden Park Infant & Nursery School and Chaddesden Park Junior Schools to form a single primary school from September 2012.

It is generally accepted that all-through primary schools can offer certain advantages when compared with separate infant and junior schools. The benefits include continuity for pupils, flexibility and efficiency in terms of staffing resources and improvements in terms of admissions.  A merged primary school also provides the opportunity to continue to raise standards for our young people.

The schools currently each have an admission number of 60 and there are no proposals to change this. If the two schools do merge, they will continue to operate within their existing buildings.

Through the Chaddesden Park merger of primary schools - consultation document .

The consultation period starts on Monday, 16 January 2012 and ends on Monday, 27 February 2012.  Following this, Council Cabinet will consider the consultation comments and will decide whether to progress to the next stage of the process. 

If proposals are to be taken forward, there will then be a further six week consultation period.  It is anticipated that a final decision will then be made by the Local Authority in June 2012 on whether to merge the schools. If merger does proceed then the “new” school will be in place for September 2012.