Decision details

The Cabinet will be asked to approve proposals to establish a Primary Alliance for Collaborative Engagement (PACE) as part of the strengthening of school to school relationships, who would retain their Local Authority status, and to formalise the partnership through the formation of a School Company.

Cabinet resolved to:

(i)  Approve and provide consent to the formal establishment of a school company as set out in the report, including the appointment of two Council members of the company and subject to the relevant statutory requirements;

(ii)  Agree that the Council’s two Member representatives on the School Company shall be one councillor and one senior officer, to be nominated by the Cabinet Member for Education and Schools and the Corporate Director of Children’s Services respectively;

(iii)  Delegate authority to the Corporate Director of Children’s Services, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Education and Schools, the Director of Law and Governance and the Strategic Director of Finance and Investment, to negotiate and approve on behalf of the Council the constitution of the proposed school company in order to discharge its responsibility as the supervising authority under the regulations; and

(iv)  Delegate authority to the Corporate Director of Children’s Services, in consultation with the Director of Law and Governance and the Strategic Director of Finance and Investment, to enter into any contracts, agreements and documents necessary to implement the above recommendations.