Agenda item

This report seeks the addition of new education projects to the education capital programme.

Cabinet Portfolio Holder - Councillor Peter Butlin

Councillor Kam Kaur (Portfolio Holder for Education) opened this item and set out the further additions to the Education Capital Programme as detailed in the report: establishment of a SEND minor capital works fund; establishment of specialist resourced provisions at Queens CofE Academy (Nuneaton), Woodside CofE Primary School, The Nethersole CofE Primary School, St Benedict’s Catholic High School, and Boughton Leigh Junior School; and a scheme at Wellingtons Day Nursery (Rugby).  The report also referenced two proposals (Whitestone Infant School and Chetwynd Junior

School) which were being postponed to allow more time for pre-application advice to be taken in terms of Highways and Road Safety.

Councillor Marian Humphreys welcomed the proposed specialist resource provision, drawing on her experience with the SEND Members’ Panel to note the improvements that had been made over the last four years.

Resolved:

That Cabinet

1.     Agrees that the proposal to increase the capacity of Whitestone Infant School from three form entry (270 pupils) to four form entry (360 pupils) is not taken forward at the current time.

2.     Agrees that the proposal to increase the capacity of Chetwynd Junior School from three form entry (360 places) to four form entry (480 places) is not taken forward at the current time.

3.     Approves the establishment of a SEND minor capital works fund as detailed in the report up to the value of £0.400 million funded from the High Needs Provision Capital Allocation and authorises the Executive Director for Children and Young People to draw down from the fund to undertake smaller scale capital works.

4.     Approves the addition to the capital programme of £0.150 million for the establishment of specialist resourced provision at Queens CofE Academy, Nuneaton to be funded from the High Needs Provision Capital Allocation.

5.     Approves the addition to the capital programme of £0.085 million for the establishment of specialist resourced provision at Woodside CofE Primary School to be funded from the High Needs Provision Capital Allocation.

6.     Approves the addition to the capital programme of £0.081 million for the establishment of specialist resourced provision at The Nethersole CofE Primary School to be funded from the High Needs Provision Capital Allocation.

7.     Approves the addition to the capital programme of £0.038 million for the establishment of specialist resourced provision at St Benedict’s Catholic High School to be funded from developer contributions.

8.     Approves the addition to the capital programme of £0.072 million for increasing places at the specialist resourced provision at Boughton Leigh Junior School to be funded from developer contributions and the High Needs Provision Capital Allocation.

9.     Approves the addition to the capital programme of £0.150 million for the scheme at Wellingtons Day Nursery, Rugby to be funded from developer contributions.

10.In relation to the schemes covered in this Report, authorises the Executive  Director for Children and Young People, in consultation with the Portfolio Holder for Finance and Property, to invite tenders and enter into the appropriate contracts or (where the scheme is school led) to make the necessary funding arrangements for these schemes on terms and conditions considered acceptable to the Executive Director for Resources.