Issue - meetings

(Item 7 – report by Mrs Sarah Hohler, Cabinet Member for Children, Families & Education Directorate and Ms Rosalind Turner Managing Director – Children, Families & Education Directorate)

(i)        This report provided an update on (a) current activity in respect of Kent’s first Local Education Partnership (LEP1) and its Wave 3, 4 and 6 projects; (b)  the current position in respect to Wave 5, LEP 2 establishment and (c) an update on LEP1, Waves 3,4 and 6.

(ii)        Mr Carter and Mrs Hohler gave a presentation which provided an overview of the work being undertaken to deliver Wave 5. The Building Schools for the Future Programme was providing transformational education opportunities through the construction of modern schools delivering modern curriculums and placing the school at the heart of their community. The programme was also a key component of the Kent Secondary Schools Strategy with Academies being an important part of the Council’s aim of providing a mixed economy of educational opportunities across the county.

(iii)       Following discussion Cabinet resolved to note the current progress in respect of Local Education Partnership 1 and also the progress in respect of the Wave 5 Building Schools for the Future proposal and the procurement of Kent’s second Local Education Partnership, as detailed in the Cabinet report.