To delete the Proposition and to substitute therefor:
1. To direct:-
a. the Committee for Education, Sport & Culture:
i. to complete the current 12-month pilot during which primary school-aged children who are resident in Herm and accessing States Education are being educated at Vauvert Primary School; and
ii. to establish a working group whose membership and Terms of Reference shall be as set out in the Appendix to the attached report entitled ‘Herm: Primary-age children accessing States education’; and
iii. following consideration of the findings and any recommendations made by the working group, to determine the provision of education necessary to ensure that primary school-aged children who are resident in Herm and accessing States Education receive an education on a basis that is equitable and appropriate, whether that education takes place in Guernsey or in Herm or a combination of both, taking into account the quality of the States-maintained primary education provision available in Guernsey; and
b. the Policy & Resources Committee to work with the Committee for Education, Sport & Culture to agree whether any additional resources necessary to enable implementation of the determination of the Committee for Education, Sport & Culture under paragraph a.iii of this Proposition should be funded through a reduction in its savings target or by additional funding;
Or, if Proposition 1 is not approved
2. To direct:-
a. the Committee for Education, Sport & Culture to provide education provision in Herm for years Reception, 1 and 2 (Key Stage 1 ‘infant’ provision) to school-aged children who are resident in Herm and accessing States Education; and
b. the Policy & Resources Committee to work with the Committee for Education, Sport & Culture to agree whether any additional resources necessary to ensure that education is provided on a basis that is equitable and appropriate, taking into account the quality of States-maintained primary education provision available in Guernsey,should be funded through a reduction in its savings target or by additional funding;
Or, if Propositions 1 or 2 are not approved
3. To direct:-
a. the Committee for Education, Sport & Culture to provide education provision in Herm for primary school-aged children in years Reception to 6 (Key Stage 1 ‘infant’ and Key Stage 2 ‘junior’ provision) who are resident in Herm and accessing States Education; and
b. the Policy & Resources Committee to work with the Committee for Education, Sport & Culture to agree whether any additional resources necessary to ensure that education is provided on a basis that is equitable and appropriate, taking into account the quality of States-maintained primary education provision available in Guernsey,should be funded through a reduction in its savings target or by additional funding.
