Received a report from the Corporate Director of Children’s Services outlining the position with regard to primary school place demand over the Summer recess and identifying ways to provide some temporary school places.
Agreed, in order to assist the Council to achieve its Community Priority of “Better Education and Learning for All” that:
(i) the building formerly used by B&D Training Services be brought back into use as a primary school annex linked, in principle, to Roding Primary School, subject to discussion with the Headteacher and Governors;
(ii) funding of £650,000 from the Exceptional Basic Need Grant of £16,204,438, less commitments of £9.5m Eastbury Primary and £5m Northbury Infant and Junior, be set aside to support the start of this project. ( This will leave a balance of £1,054,438 to be allocated);
(iii) the Corporate Director of Children’s Services be authorised to place orders for any refurbishment work to secure the use of this building quickly; and
(iv) the Corporate Director of Children’s Services bring forward a report on how this project might be progressed to provide a new school.