Decision details

Reason(s) for decision:

A new secondary school is due to be opened at Chilmington Green on land provided to KCC via a developer contribution.  The Department for Education (DfE) is taking responsibility to build the school.  Two issues have arisen which need to be resolved in order to ensure the new school building can be built and open as soon as possible. The legal responsibility for funding the resolution to the issues is a matter of contention and potential legal dispute. 

As the Cabinet Member for Education and Skills, I agree to:

1)         Allocate £2m of the Children’s, Young People and Education capital budget to address the issues covered in the privileged legal advice considered.

2)         Authorise the Director of Infrastructure in consultation with the Director of Education and SEND, the General Counsel and the Cabinet Member for Education and Skills to enter in to any negotiations, contracts or contract variations that may be required.

3)         Authorise the Director of Infrastructure to be the nominated Authority Representative within the relevant agreements and to enter into variations as envisaged under any of these contracts.