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Cabinet is asked to approve capital expenditure to undertake the construction of four permanent classrooms to replace four modular classrooms which are now condemned at The Winston Churchill School, Hermitage Road, Woking, Surrey, GU21 8TL.

(The decisions on this item can be called-in by the Resources and Performance Select Committee)

N.B There is a Part 2 report at Item 20.

RESOLVED:

1. That Cabinet approves capital funding allocated within the School Capital Maintenance Budget for the Capital Maintenance Programme 2024/25 to build a permanent longer life classroom block, in order to replace end of life modular classrooms at the Winston Churchill School.

2. That Cabinet approves Self-Delivery of the project by the school, conditional upon the Council’s strategic partner (Macro) acting as monitoring agent with a signed Self-Delivery Agreement in place.

3. That Cabinet authorises Legal Services to seal the Self Delivery Agreement if required.

Reasons for Decisions:

The recommendations in this report:

• Provide a good quality learning and working environment in keeping with the existing school design.

• Provide a longer-term solution which will reduce the maintenance burden on the school.

• Ensure an ‘at capacity’ school can sustain the current numbers on roll and provide pupils with access to the full curriculum.

• Improve the school’s energy efficiency and contribute to the Council’s Net Zero Carbon target.

·         Empower a foundation secondary school with a successful record of capital project delivery to self-deliver the scheme with the Councils full support.

·         Protect and enhance the environment by removing the condemned modular buildings which are situated on the site boundary amongst mature oak trees.

(The decisions on this item can be called in by the Resources and Performance Select Committee)

The report was introduced by the Cabinet Member for Property, Waste and Infrastructure who explained that Cabinet was being asked to approve capital expenditure to undertake the construction of four permanent classrooms to replace four modular classrooms which are now condemnedat the Winston Churchill School in Woking. The location of the planned permanent first floor building on the existing staff carpark is severely restricted in terms of modular options, so the permanent first floor design (on supports) had been developed in order to maintain car parking spaces which are needed due to general parking issues on and off site. The school’s preference and the recommendation in the report is for the school to self-deliver the project as they have successfully delivered previous capital schemes, and this is currently the fastest delivery route.

RESOLVED:

1. That Cabinet approves capital funding allocated within the School Capital Maintenance Budget for the Capital Maintenance Programme 2024/25 to build a permanent longer life classroom block, in order to replace end of life modular classrooms at the Winston Churchill School.

2. That Cabinet approves Self-Delivery of the project by the school, conditional upon the Council’s strategic partner (Macro) acting as monitoring agent with a signed Self-Delivery Agreement in place.

3. That Cabinet authorises Legal Services to seal the Self Delivery Agreement if required.

Reasons for Decisions:

The recommendations in this report:

• Provide a good quality learning and working environment in keeping with the existing school design.

• Provide a longer-term solution which will reduce the maintenance burden on the school.

• Ensure an ‘at capacity’ school can sustain the current numbers on roll and provide pupils with access to the full curriculum.

• Improve the school’s energy efficiency and contribute to the Council’s Net Zero Carbon target.

·         Empower a foundation secondary school with a successful record of capital project delivery to self-deliver the scheme with the Councils full support.

·         Protect and enhance the environment by removing the condemned modular buildings which are situated on the site boundary amongst mature oak trees.

(The decisions on this item can be called in by the Resources and Performance Select Committee)