Decision details

St Aldhelm's - Capital Investment to Maintain Capacity

Decision Maker: Cabinet

Decision status: For Determination

Is Key decision?: No

Is subject to call in?: Yes

Purpose:

Purpose:
St Aldhelms Ambitions Academy Trust is to expand with 5 classrooms, access, toilet block and small office space to accommodate additional pupils. BCP Council requires these spaces to be available from September 2021.

Decision:

RESOLVED that Cabinet approves the allocation of £610k of Basic Need capital grant to support the delivery of five additional classrooms and ancillary spaces at St Aldhelm’s Academy to allow the school to continue to admit 180 pupils per year.

Voting: Unanimous

Portfolio Holder: Covid Resilience, Schools and Skills

Reason

To enable the creation of additional capacity to reflect demand for places at the school and to ensure the council can meets its requirement to provide sufficient mainstream secondary places for BCP children and young people.

Report author: Debra Jones

Publication date: 15/01/2021

Date of decision: 13/01/2021

Decided at meeting: 13/01/2021 - Cabinet

Effective from: 23/01/2021

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