Issue - meetings

To receive a report from the Cabinet Member for Education and Health Reform and the Corporate Director for Education and Young Peoples Services, and to consider and endorse or make recommendations to the Cabinet Member on the proposed decision set out in the report.

(Mr J Nehra, Area Education Officer – West Kent attended the meeting for this item).

1.    Mr Nehra introduced the report which set out the results of the public consultation on the proposed changes to Oakley (Special) School, Pembury Road, Tunbridge Wells.

2.    RESOLVED – That the proposed decision of the Cabinet Member for Education and Health Reform to:

Issue a public notice to:

(i)            increase the designated number of places from 218 to 242

(ii)          extend the lower age range at Oakley (Special) School to age 2 for 1st September 2017 in order to develop an observation and assessment nursery provision

And, subject to no new objections to the public notice

(iii)         Implement the proposals for 1 September 2017.

(iv)         Allocate £586,000 from the Education and Young People’s Services Capital Budget

(v)          Authorise the Director of Infrastructure in consultation with the General Counsel (Interim) to enter into any necessary contracts/ agreements on behalf of the County Council.

(vi)         Authorise the Director of Infrastructure to be the nominated Authority Representative within the relevant agreements and to enter into variations as envisaged under the contracts, be endorsed.