Proposal to expand Portesbery School onto a satellite site

Overview

Surrey County Council, in partnership with the Governing Body of Portesbery School, is proposing to relocate and expand the sixth form of Portesbery School, creating 15 permanent additional places from academic year 2025/26. The school’s sixth form school satellite site will be located at the former Deepcut Community Centre, which is 90 metres away from the current main site.  

Portesbery School has already previously admitted 28 pupils in other year groups through ad-hoc admissions agreed with the Commissioning Authority and temporary “bulge” provision, increasing the number of pupils in Years R to 11. This consultation seeks to now make former agreements into a permanent arrangement, which will formally expand the total capacity of the school in year groups Reception to Year 14 from 105 planned places to 142 places. Overall planned place numbers at Portesbery School also incorporates the school’s nursery-aged pupils.  

Why your views matter

It is proposed that: 

1. A special school satellite site for Portesbery School is established on the site of the current Deepcut Community Centre to accommodate the school’s sixth form provision. 

2. The school is formally expanded from 105 planned places to 142 in Years Reception to 14 (inclusive of nursery), to accommodate the additional pupils already admitted to the school in previous years and additional pupils in the sixth form from September 2025. 

Admissions processes remain the same for pupils at both Portesbery School and its new satellite site.  Further details on the admissions process for SEND provision in Surrey can be found on the Surrey Local Offer website. The webpage Choosing a school place for a child with an EHCP describes how to apply for a specialist school place. 

The Related Documents below contain the detailed proposal.

Please let us know what you think about the proposals

- either by completing the Online Survey

- or by using the response form in the Related Documents below.

The deadline for submitting your response to the Consultation is Friday 4 April 2025.

All representations will be reviewed before a final decision is taken by the Cabinet Member for Children and Families, Lifelong Learning in July 2025.

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