Decision details

Councillor Dr Michael Hardacre presented the report that set out the priorities for investing in the city’s school assets through the Schools Capital Programme 2022-2023. He reported that it was good news that grant funding on £3.131 million had been made available by the Department for Education (DfE) for capital investment into the city’s schools for urgent works to prevent school closures or health and safety breaches.  However, that was against a condition backlog of urgent items totalling circa £11 million.

Resolved:

1.    That the detailed projects for schools’ condition allocation capital funding in 2022-2023 as listed in section 4.6 of the report be approved.

2.    That authority be delegated to the Cabinet Member for Education, Skills and Work in consultation with the Executive Director of Families, to initiate works in relation to emergency works preventing a school closure.

3.    That authority be delegated to the Cabinet Member for Education, Skills and Work in consultation with the Executive Director of Families, to initiate works in relation to asbestos removal preventing a school closure.

4.    That it be noted that the provisional resources available for implementing the 2022-2023 schools ‘capital maintenance programme is £3.131 million against a condition backlog of approximately £11 million for priority 1, 2 and 3 items.

5.    That it be noted that the resources available for basic need are being committed toward the expansion of the primary and secondary school estate, to support the provision of additional pupil places given a continued increase in demand.