Received a report setting out the latest
position regarding Building Schools for the Future following a
meeting with officials from the Department for Education and Skills
(DfES) who have indicated that Barking
and Dagenham will be in the next waves of the Building Schools for
the Future programme.
Agreed, in order to rebuild,
refurbish and / or remodel secondary schools in the Borough,
to:
- A sum of £700,000 to be added
to the Capital Programme, as set out in paragraph 4.4 of the
report, to allow some early work in drafting proposals, research on
site difficulties and drawing up feasibility options for the
development of school rebuilding and / or refurbishment of the
secondary school estate. This will
include the establishment of a Local Education Partnership, legal
and financial fees for advice (subject to undergoing the Capital
Programme Monitoring Office process);
- The sum of £700,000 to be
initially funded from slippage from the Warren Comprehensive School
Science Facility scheme;
- Note that future bids for resources
will be considered in February 2006, as set out in paragraph 4.3 of
the report;
- The advancement of the Building
Schools for the Future process along the lines set out in the
report and subject to consultation with the DfES / Partnership for Schools; and
- Authorise the Director of Education,
Arts and Libraries to enter into the process of securing advisors
to help develop the process.