Proposal to expand Thamesview School, Gravesham

The Kent Commissioning Plan forecasts that there will be short and medium-term pressure for additional Year 7 places in the Gravesend and Longfield Non-Selective Planning Group. It is forecast to have a deficit of Year 7 places for 2023-24 that remains in deficit every year of the forecast period.

KCC is proposing that Thamesview School expand to provide additional places for local children by confirming the permanent expansion from a PAN of 150 to a PAN of 180 and to then further expand from a PAN of 180 to a PAN of 210 from September 2023

A public notice is being published in a local newspaper in week commencing 30 August 2021 and is available to view in the document section.

The public notice will run for four weeks, during which time, any person may send in a response supporting, objecting or commenting on the proposal. The final date for sending in written representations is 28 September 2021. You may comment by:

  • emailing: school.consultations@kent.gov.uk
  • sending the response form to: Ian Watts, Area Education Officer (North Kent), Children Young People and Education, Kent County Council, Worrall House, 30 Kings Hill Avenue, West Malling ME19 4AE
  • handing in your response form at the school office

The Kent Commissioning Plan forecasts that there will be short and medium-term pressure for additional Year 7 places in the Gravesend and Longfield Non-Selective Planning Group. It is forecast to have a deficit of Year 7 places for 2023-24 that remains in deficit every year of the forecast period.

KCC is proposing that Thamesview School expand to provide additional places for local children by confirming the permanent expansion from a PAN of 150 to a PAN of 180 and to then further expand from a PAN of 180 to a PAN of 210 from September 2023

A public notice is being published in a local newspaper in week commencing 30 August 2021 and is available to view in the document section.

The public notice will run for four weeks, during which time, any person may send in a response supporting, objecting or commenting on the proposal. The final date for sending in written representations is 28 September 2021. You may comment by:

  • emailing: school.consultations@kent.gov.uk
  • sending the response form to: Ian Watts, Area Education Officer (North Kent), Children Young People and Education, Kent County Council, Worrall House, 30 Kings Hill Avenue, West Malling ME19 4AE
  • handing in your response form at the school office

  • October 2019

    A consultation was held from 24 June 2019 to 19 July 2019, with a drop-in event for stakeholders to raise issues and concerns on 4 July 2019. Neither KCC nor the school received any responses.

    At its meeting on the 1 October 2019, the Children, Young People and Education Cabinet Committee resolved to publish a Public Notice on a proposal to expand Thamesview School by increasing the Published Admission Number (PAN) from 150 places to 210 places from September 2021, be endorsed.

    A copy of the signed Record of Decision is available in the Documents section.

  • 24 June 2019

    Kent County Council (KCC) as the Local Authority has a statutory duty to ensure sufficient school places are available. The County Council's Commissioning Plan for Education Provision in Kent 2019-23 is a five-year rolling plan which is updated annually. It sets out our future plans as Strategic Commissioner of Education Provision across all types and phases of education in Kent. A copy of the plan can be viewed on Kent.gov.

    It is anticipated that there will be significant short and medium-term pressure for additional Year 7 places in the Gravesend and Longfield Non-Selective Planning Group which indicates that additional capacity will be needed for 2019/20 and in later years.

    Therefore, KCC has asked Thamesview School to provide additional places for local children by expanding the school.

    Thamesview School has a Published Admission Number of 150, but offered 30 extra places in 2016, 2017, 2018 and for the September 2019 intake.

    KCC propose increasing the amount of school social space including, dining, recreational and circulation space over the next twelve months. Without this building work, the school considers it may be unable to offer 180 places for September 2020. It is therefore proposed that for the September 2020 intake Thamesview maintain their PAN at 150 but will consider whether they can offer an additional 30 places nearer the time.

    KCC propose planning and building a new block at the school, together with other infill work. This work would be completed before the September 2021 intake. This build would enable the school to offer up to 210 Year 7 places for September 2021.