Harrow Council to Discuss School Place Planning

Harrow Council is set to address school place planning at its upcoming Cabinet meeting on 18 December 2025. The council is proactively reviewing its school organisation and capital programme to ensure sufficient places for all children, including those with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND).

The Cabinet will review the School Organisation Update and School Capital Programme report. This report provides an update on school organisation and the school capital programme. The agenda also includes the Draft Capital Programme 2026-27 to 2028-29 report, which likely contains information about the budget allocated to the School Capital Programme.

The School Organisation Update and School Capital Programme report includes several appendices that are crucial to understanding the council's approach to school place planning:

• A Harrow Demography Report 2025-26 to 2037-38: This report likely contains key findings impacting school place planning.
• Child Population Projections: This document may contain information on projected shortages or surpluses of school places.
• An Overview of Harrow's population and changes
• SEND Projections and Early Years information: This suggests that the council is considering the needs of children with SEND in its school place planning.
• The School Roll Projections Methodology: This document may contain information on projected shortages or surpluses of school places.

The meeting, which is open to the public, will be held at the Harrow Council Hub. The agenda includes discussion of budget monitoring, capital programmes and other issues.

Key attendees include Councillor Paul Osborn (Leader of the Council) and Councillor Hitesh Karia (Portfolio Holder for Children’s Services).