Decision details

The Cabinet will be provided with an update on demand for school places, new school provision / expansion projects and the latest funding issues and asked to approve appropriate proposals.

Cabinet resolved to:

(i)  Note the actions being taken by officers to identify additional school places across the Borough to meet future demand pressures, including the need for a suitable site location to be urgently identified for additional primary school provision in the Abbey, Eastbury and Gascoigne areas of the Borough, as set out in section 2 of the report;

(ii)  Approve the inclusion in the Capital Programme of the DfE grant allocations for 2020/21 and 2021/22, as detailed in sections 3 and 4 of the report;

(iii)  Delegate authority to the Director of People and Resilience, acting on advice from the Procurement Board, to approve the final procurement strategies for projects noted in the report; and

(iv)  Delegate authority to the Director of People and Resilience, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Education Attainment and School Improvement, the Chief Operating Officer and the Director of Law and Governance, to conduct the procurements and award the respective project contracts.