Issue - meetings

School Expansion Programmes 2021 and 2022

Meeting: 03/06/2020 - Cabinet (Item 12)

School Expansion Programmes 2021 and 2022

[To approve the proposed School Expansion Programmes 2021 and 2022]

Additional documents:

Decision:

1.      That the formal proposal for schools to be included within the Primary School Expansion Programme 2021 and 2022 and associated capital expenditure be approved.

 

2.      That the formal proposal for schools to be included within the Secondary School Expansion Programme 2021 and 2022 and associated capital expenditure be approved.

 

3.      That permission be granted to enter into formal negotiations with Secondary Academy Trusts.

 

4.      That permission be granted to enter into formal negotiations with Primary Academy Trusts.

 

5.      That permission be granted to enter into all necessary legal agreements/transactions to protect the local authority’s interests.

 

6.      That authority be delegated to the Cabinet Member for Education and Skills in consultation with Director of Children’s Services and the Director of Finance, to approve the allocation of the Expansion Programme budgets to individual capital projects in order that they may be progressed in a timely manner.

 

7.      That it be noted that the funding for the proposed expansions programmes would be subject to approval through the appropriate governance mechanisms.

 

8.      That it be noted that in light of the scale of recent primary and secondary expansion programmes, practical opportunities to continue to expand the existing estate are constrained.

 

9.      That the current status of the School Expansion Programmes 2021 and 2022 that involves both temporary and permanent solutions to meet short and medium-term demand be noted. This approach has been taken to ensure that an oversupply of school places is not created. Future demand may be influenced as a consequence of the United Kingdom leaving the European Union, and through the establishment of free schools within the City.

 

10.   That it be noted that the Regional Schools Commissioner is responsible for determining if academies can expand and the Council is not fully appraised of all the information which decisions are based on. In addition, the Council is not in full control of all the factors relating to the effective and timely supply of school places.

 

Minutes:

Councillor Dr Michael Hardacre presented the report on the schemes proposed for inclusion in the Primary School Expansion Programme 2021 and 2022 and the Secondary School Expansion Programme 2021 and 2022.  He sought approval to implement the proposed programmes to ensure the Council’s statutory duty regarding the provision of sufficient school places could continue to be fulfilled. 

 

Resolved:

1.    That the formal proposal for schools to be included within the Primary School Expansion Programme 2021 and 2022 and associated capital expenditure be approved.

 

2.    That the formal proposal for schools to be included within the Secondary School Expansion Programme 2021 and 2022 and associated capital expenditure be approved.

 

3.    That permission be granted to enter into formal negotiations with Secondary Academy Trusts.

 

4.    That permission be granted to enter into formal negotiations with Primary Academy Trusts.

 

5.    That permission be granted to enter into all necessary legal agreements/transactions to protect the local authority’s interests.

 

6.    That authority be delegated to the Cabinet Member for Education and Skills in consultation with Director of Children’s Services and the Director of Finance, to approve the allocation of the Expansion Programme budgets to individual capital projects in order that they may be progressed in a timely manner.

 

7.    That it be noted that the funding for the proposed expansions programmes would be subject to approval through the appropriate governance mechanisms.

 

8.    That it be noted that in light of the scale of recent primary and secondary expansion programmes, practical opportunities to continue to expand the existing estate are constrained.

 

9.    That the current status of the School Expansion Programmes 2021 and 2022 that involves both temporary and permanent solutions to meet short and medium-term demand be noted. This approach has been taken to ensure that an oversupply of school places is not created. Future demand may be influenced as a consequence of the United Kingdom leaving the European Union, and through the establishment of free schools within the City.

 

10. That it be noted that the Regional Schools Commissioner is responsible for determining if academies can expand and the Council is not fully appraised of all the information which decisions are based on. In addition, the Council is not in full control of all the factors relating to the effective and timely supply of school places.