The Cabinet Member for Education and Health Reform endorsed the decision to:
a) Authorise the Corporate Director - Education and Young People's Services to issue Public Notice to:
· Change the age range of the school from 11-19 years to 8-19 years
· Increase the designated number of the school from 66 to 80
· Change the residential placements from fortnightly to weekly boarding, Monday to Thursday, term time only. The maximum number of residential places will be 30.
b) Allocate funding from the Education and Young People’s Service Capital budget for the accommodation works. Members will be informed of the estimated cost at the meeting;
c) 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; and
d) 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.
Should objections, not already considered by the Cabinet Member when taking this decision, be received during the public notice period a separate decision will be required in order to continue the proposal in order to allow for proper consideration of the points raised.