Decision details

The Cabinet Member for Schools, Skills and Educational Achievement said that this report contained the confidential, financial and value for money information relating to item 6. She said that the re-building project was included in the Medium Term Financial Plan 2016 – 2021. However, the funding allocation was originally based on a smaller expansion but that a larger expansion was now required to meet the demand for secondary school places in the Redhill area.

RESOLVED:

1.         That the business case for the expansion of St. Bede’s School at a total cost, as set out in the part 2 report, be approved.

2.       That the arrangements by which a variation of up to 10% of the total value may be agreed by the Deputy Chief Executive and Strategic Director for Children, Schools and Families, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Schools, Skills and Educational Achievement, the Cabinet Member for Business Services and Resident Experience and the Leader of the Council, be approved.

Reason for Decisions:

The proposal supports the Authority’s statutory obligation to provide sufficient school places to meet the needs of the population in the Reigate and Redhill area by providing Year 7 places when and where they are needed.