Decision details

(KEY DECISION)

a)    That the Section 106 expenditure of £9.66 million to fund the new 2FE primary school, located on Stanton Cross, SUE, be approved;

b)    That the inclusion in the Council’s capital programme of a new two form entry primary school situated on the new SUE at Stanton Cross, Wellingborough be noted;

c)    That the necessary contract awards for Stanton Cross, following the procurement process and proceed with the construction on the new school, with a proposed opening date of September 2022, be authorised;

d)    That the financial and governance arrangements associated with the capital scheme be approved;

e)    That authority be delegated to the Portfolio Holder for Children, Families and Education in consultation with the Director of Children’s Services to authorise all necessary contract awards to deliver the new school;

f)     That it be noted that the process to appoint an Academy Sponsor to run the new school, in accordance with the ‘Free School Presumption’ regulations, stipulated by the Department for Education, will commence.

(Reasons for Decision:

·         The Local Authority has a legal obligation to deliver the primary school, in accordance with the signed section 106 agreement;

·         The recommended course of action will allow the timely progression of

capital works to build the new primary school at Stanton Cross SUE;

·         The recommended course of action will benefit students and families who will reside within the development, by providing local school places for local school children;

·         North Northamptonshire Council (or customers) will receive the maximum benefit from the option proposed.)