As Cabinet Member for Education and Skills I agree to:
a) Authorise the allocation of £2,545,790.41 from the High Needs Provision Capital Allocation budget to fund the permanent expansion of Snowfields Academy, by establishing a satellite of Snowfields on the Isle of Sheppey and increasing the Designated Number from 280 to 340 places from September 2024.
b) Authorise the Director of Infrastructure, Strategic and Corporate Services in consultation with the General Counsel and Director of Education to enter into any necessary contracts/ agreements on behalf of the County Council with the Leigh Academies Trust.
c) Authorise the Director of Infrastructure, Strategic and Corporate Services to be the nominated Authority Representative within the relevant agreements and to enter into variations as envisaged under the contracts.
AND IN THE EVENT OF:
d) any decision being taken by any party that prevents the Leigh Academies Trust’s proposal for the new secondary school on the Minister site proceeding to completion suspend the authorisation at a) above.