Received a report from the Corporate Director of Children’s Services detailing steps taken over the Summer and Autumn of 2008 in response to the demand for School places in the primary phase and regularising financial arrangements to ensure that projects are contained within existing resources.
Agreed in order to assist the Council to achieve its Community Priority of “Better Education and Learning For All”, to:
i) The actions taken by the Corporate Director of Children’s Services in making available additional school places as set out in the report; and
ii) The capital budget provisions as detailed in the report and that the appropriate amendment is made to the Capital Programme for allocating grant income from DCSF against the following capital schemes:
Gascoigne Primary £229,000
Ripple Infant & Junior £170,000
Beam Primary £197,000
Cambell Infants £50,000
Marsh Green Primary £85,000
Five Elms Primary £65,000
Thames View Infants £75,000
Richard Alibon Primary £5,000
Rush Green Infant £65,000
Total £941,000