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Issue - meetings

Proposals for Commissioning of New School Places for Implementation in September 2015 and Proposals for Commissioning of New School Places for Implementation in September 2016

Meeting: 10/12/2013 - EXECUTIVE (Item 86)

86 Commissioning of New School Places for implementation from September 2015 and September 2016 in Central Bedfordshire pdf icon PDF 151 KB

 

This report outlines four projects within the New School Places Programme 2013/14 – 2017/18 where local pressures of demographic growth require new school places to be provided from September 2015 and a further five projects within the New School Places Programme with a target implementation date of September 2016..

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Decision:

1.         i.        That the procedures established by The Education and Inspections Act 2006 (EIA 2006) and The School Organisation (Prescribed Alterations to Maintained Schools) (England) Regulations 2007 (as amended by The School Organisation and Governance (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2007 and The School Organisation and Governance (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2009, have been complied with in bringing forward the proposals to expand Russell Lower School, Ampthill and St Andrews CofE VC Lower School as outlined in the report.

ii.       That the receipt of representations in respect of the proposal to expand Russell Lower School and the statutory notice as set out in Appendix B to the report, issued on the 16 September 2013 under Section 19(1), of the Education and Inspections Act 2006 be confirmed. No representations were received in respect of the proposal to expand St Andrews CofE VC Lower School and the statutory notice as set out in Appendix D to the report, issued on 16 September 2013 under Section 19(3), of the Education and Inspections Act 2006.

iii.      That the statutory proposal to expand Russell Lower School, Ampthill from its current capacity of 300 places to provide a total of 450 places for pupils aged 4+ to 9 with an implementation date of September 2015 be approved, subject to the grant of planning permission under Part 3 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 by 1 May 2014. 

iv.      That the detailed business case attached at Appendix C to the report be approved, thereby approving the commencement of the project to expand Russell Lower School, Ampthill and related expenditure.

v.       That the statutory proposal to expand St Andrews CofE VC Lower, Biggleswade from its current capacity of 450 places to provide a total of 750 places for pupils aged 4+ to 9 across two sites with an implementation date of September 2015 be approved, subject to the grant of planning permission under Part 3 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 by 1 July 2014.

vi.      That the detailed business case attached at Appendix E to the report be approved, thereby approving the commencement of the project to expand St Andrews CofE VC Lower, Biggleswade and related expenditure.

2.         That the detailed capital business case, attached at Appendix F to the report, to expand the Academy of Holywell Middle School from its current capacity of 544 places to provide 600 places with an implementation date of September 2015 be approved, thereby approving the commencement of the project and related expenditure, subject to the grant of planning permission under Part 3 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 by 1 May 2014.

3.         That the detailed capital business case, attached at Appendix G to the report, to expand the Academy of St Marys Lower School from its current capacity of 225 places to provide 300 places with an implementation date of September 2015 be approved, thereby approving the commencement of the project and related expenditure, subject to the grant of planning permission under Part 3  ...  view the full decision text for item 86

Minutes:

 

The Executive considered a report from the Executive Member for Children’s Services that outlined four projects within the New School Places Programme 2013/14 – 2017/18, where local pressures of demographic growth required new school places to be provided from September 2015 and a further five projects within the New School Places Programme with a target implementation date of September 2016. 

 

The Chairman of the Children’s Services Overview and Scrutiny Committee acknowledged the importance of delivering high quality education and that Members of the Committee were in support of the proposals.

 

Reason for decision:  To ensure that the Council continued to meet its statutory obligations to provide sufficient school places and also to meet the legal requirements placed on the Council by the Education and Inspections Act 2006 regarding proposals to expand maintained schools.  Commitment to expenditure and final approval of the proposals set out in resolutions 4-7 would be determined by the Executive in August 2014, informed by the outcome of the consultation exercises, Education Funding Agency approvals where relevant, and business cases which were to be prepared by each school, Academy or prospective provider.

 

RESOLVED 

 

1.         i.        that the procedures established by The Education and Inspections Act 2006 (EIA 2006) and The School Organisation (Prescribed Alterations to Maintained Schools) (England) Regulations 2007 (as amended by The School Organisation and Governance (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2007 and The School Organisation and Governance (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2009, have been complied with in bringing forward the proposals to expand Russell Lower School, Ampthill and St Andrews CofE VC Lower School as outlined in the report;

 

ii.       that the receipt of representations in respect of the proposal to expand Russell Lower School and the statutory notice as set out in Appendix B to the report, issued on the 16 September 2013 under Section 19(1), of the Education and Inspections Act 2006 be confirmed. No representations were received in respect of the proposal to expand St Andrews CofE VC Lower School and the statutory notice as set out in Appendix D to the report, issued on 16 September 2013 under Section 19(3), of the Education and Inspections Act 2006;

 

iii.      that the statutory proposal to expand Russell Lower School, Ampthill from its current capacity of 300 places to provide a total of 450 places for pupils aged 4+ to 9 with an implementation date of September 2015 be approved, subject to the grant of planning permission under Part 3 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 by 1 May 2014;

 

iv.     that the detailed business case attached at Appendix C to the report be approved, thereby approving the commencement of the project to expand Russell Lower School, Ampthill and related expenditure;

 

v.      that the statutory proposal to expand St Andrews CofE VC Lower, Biggleswade from its current capacity of 450 places to provide a total of 750 places for pupils aged 4+ to 9 across two sites with an implementation date of September 2015 be approved, subject to the grant of planning permission under  ...  view the full minutes text for item 86