On 21 October 2020, the council decided to consult on a proposal to replace the three schools with a single new English-medium school (the new school) from 1 September 2024, with a capacity of 630 full-time pupils and 140 part-time nursery pupils. The proposal was adopted on the basis of a report (the October 2020 report or the report) in the name of Mr Andrew Thomas, the council’s then head of transformation, but largely written by Ms Rhiannon Crowhurst, the council’s witness and then strategic school improvement programme manager.