Issue - meetings

To consider and endorse or make recommendations to the Cabinet Member for Education and Health Reform on a proposed decision

1. Ms White, Area Education Officer (East Kent), reported on the case for the allocation of capital funding to provide sufficient accommodation for the increased number of pupils that Meadowfield Special School had been taking over a period of years. A proposal may be brought forward in the future to increase the designated number permanently from its current 209 to 270; following consultation and investigation into the accommodation that could be put on site to provide for the additional numbers of children. The Head Teacher and Governing Body fully supported the proposal.

2. Ms White confirmed that an Equality and Impact Assessment had been undertaken, but a more detailed Assessment would be required for the permanent expansion of the School.

3. RESOLVED that the Cabinet Committee endorsed the proposed decision of the Cabinet Member for Education and Health Reform to:

(i) Allocate £1.14 million from the Education and Young People’s Service Capital budget;

(ii) Authorise the Director of Infrastructure, in consultation with the General Counsel to enter into any necessary contracts/ agreements on behalf of the County Council; and

(iii) 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. Variations to contract value to be no more than 10% above the capital funding agreed by the Cabinet Member without requiring a new Record of Decision.