- Beware of ‘bling’ dummies
- Celebrate Christmas with the Mayor
- Make your own ‘top hat’
- Can you help to give away free books?
- Council proposes to remove ‘linked school criterion’
- Healthier takeaways for teenagers
- Council moves closer to rejuvenating poolside
- Cabinet agrees on retendering of home care contract
- Cabinet votes to protect transport services
- Council backs Barnado’s ‘Cut Them Free’ campaign
- Local Stars Spread Christmas Cheer in East Sheen
- Memorial plaque will be replaced
- Rogue landlord hit with £143,000 court bill
- Celebrating the ‘Building of a Borough’
- Get playing at the new Orleans Park Sports Centre
- Making a home for bugs in Crane Park
- Richmond Runners Are Victorious
- Whitton Artist in Residence Hopes to Create Snapshot Of Local Area
- Richmond Tops League Table for Good Food
- Learn how to reduce your food waste from a professional chef
- Spy cars face the axe
- Making best use of Council car parks
- New cycle stands for Church Street
- Council welcomes new Localism Act
- Raising money for Children in Need
- Getting Into the Christmas Spirit
- Free events to help businesses go green
- The gift of peace of mind
- Richmond’s FOI responses published online
- Whitton residents offered advice on cutting bills
- What can you do to help?
- Council remembers war dead
- More schools could expand across the borough
- Olympic Torch to visit Richmond upon Thames – Twice
- Beat the crooks: return memorial to glory
- Commissioning support for organisations
- Empty Shop Unit Transformed Into Literary Salon
- Richmond Receives £3.9m to ease school places strain
- Council will consult on Catholic Secondary School
- Going for Gold... again
- Businesses invited to share in Bloom success
- Support Local Authors at Literature Festival
- Helping businesses to ‘GoGreen’
- Putting borough on the business radar
- Energy saving trick or treating
- Council to remember war dead
- Borough Seeks Youth Laureate
- Council to monitor Heathrow trials
- Sewage spillage in River Crane
Release Date: 08/11/2011
Council will consult on Catholic Secondary School
As a correction to the report in last Friday’s (4 November) Richmond and Twickenham Times, the Council agreed at its meeting on 1 November that should a formal proposal for a Catholic secondary on the Clifden Road site be made, the Council will conduct a borough-wide consultation.
At an ‘extraordinary meeting’ last Tuesday, members agreed a motion that reconfirmed the Council's support for a Catholic secondary as part of the borough's community of secondary schools, made over successive administrations of both the main parties, and set out its commitment to consult all residents.
Should the Diocese of Westminster indicate that it will publish a statutory proposal to establish a secondary school, the Council will undertake a full borough-wide consultation on the best use of the Clifden Road site.
Cllr Paul Hodgins, Richmond Council Cabinet Member for Schools, said:“This Council is committed to secondary school capacity, quality, and choice for all residents. As part of our overall programme for our secondaries, including the support for sixth forms, increasing capacity at the right timeto meet rising demand, and supporting schools to see quality rise further,we continued the Council's longstanding supportof adding a Catholic secondary to our family of schools.
“The Diocese of Westminster has applied to the Government for permission to consult on the use of the Clifden Road site. Upon approval they will be able to formally apply to us.
“As and when we receive an indication of this formal submission, we will conduct our ownfull public consultation.
“The debate over a new Catholic school has understandably been vigorous, with strong feelings on both sides. There are many issues involved, including the role of faith schools in our system, capacity and quality for all residents, and the use of public funds. We will ensure these issues are addressed in detail in our consultation, and that people will be able to make their views known in a clear and open manner.
“We have madecommitments to both support the introduction of a Catholic Secondary School and listen to the views of residents. We will honour both commitments, and we will make a decision based on all factors.
"We are working for an outstanding secondary system that meets the needs of all residents, and we will make decisions in that context."
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