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Schools Basic Need Programme: Provision of a Sports Hall at St John the Baptist RC School, Woking

 

 

Meeting: 25/02/2014 - Cabinet (Item 38)

38 Schools Expansion Programme from September 2014 pdf icon PDF 37 KB

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Decision:

That the expansion of Lyne and Longcross Infant School, as detailed in the submitted report, and subject to the consideration and approval of the detailed financial information for the school as set out in Part 2 of this agenda (item 21) be approved and that Lyne and Longcross Infant School (increase by 120 places to 210 places) and the school be changed from an infant to a primary school.

 

Reasons for Decisions:

 

The scheme is essential to meeting basic need in Surrey. The scheme delivers a value for money expansion to the school, which supports the Authority’s statutory obligation to provide additional school places for local children in Surrey.  The project and building works are in accordance with the planned timetables required for delivery of the new accommodation at the school.

 

[The decisions on this item can be called in either by the Council Overview and Scrutiny Committee or the Children and Education Select Committee]

Minutes:

The Cabinet Member for Assets and Regeneration Programmes said that there was significant demand for new school places within Runnymede and there was an opportunity to increase provision at Lyne and Longcross Infant School to meet demand for primary school places in this area.

 

This expansion was also supported by the Cabinet Member for Schools and Learning and the Headteacher, Governors and parents of this school.

 

RESOLVED:

 

That the expansion of Lyne and Longcross Infant School, as detailed in the submitted report, and subject to the consideration and approval of the detailed financial information for the school as set out in Part 2 of this agenda (item 21) be approved and that Lyne and Longcross Infant School (increase by 120 places to 210 places) and the school change from an infant to a primary school.

 

Reasons for Decisions:

 

The scheme is essential to meeting basic need in Surrey. The scheme delivers a value for money expansion to the school, which supports the Authority’s statutory obligation to provide additional school places for local children in Surrey.  The individual project and building works are in accordance with the planned timetables required for delivery of the new accommodation at the school.