Purpose

To provide an update on the delivery of the
education capital programme and seek approval to allocate funding
to deliver projects to provide additional specialist school
places.

Content

The Committee RESOLVED (unanimous vote in
favour):
 
1. To approve the delivery of
the capital project to provide 30 new school places at Henbury
Court Academy as part of Bristol’s SEND provision.
 
2. To authorise the Director of
Education in consultation with the Chair of the Children and Young
People Committee to take all steps required to spend £1.178m
of project funds for the Henbury Court refurbishment project,
including procuring and awarding contracts over the key decision
threshold, as outlined in this report.
 
3. To approve the expansion of
the existing St Anne’s project to include the roof and other
associated works and allocation of a further £2m, taking the
total budget to £3.429m to allow the project to be completed.
(£1.6m from Schools Conditions Grant and £400k from
High needs unallocated contingency funding)
 
4. To authorise the Director of
Education in consultation with the Chair of the Children and Young
People Committee and Director Property, Assets and Infrastructure
to take all steps required to spend the funding on the St
Anne’s project, including procuring and awarding contracts
over the key decision threshold, as outlined in the
report.