Purpose

To seek approval to:
1) Accept and spend DfE High Needs capital grant funding from the
Department of Education (DFE) for specific Special Education Needs
and Disabilities (SEND) projects.
2) Allocate Department for Education Basic Need Grant funding to
specific mainstream school refurbishment projects
3) Accept and spend Department for Education Schools condition
grant for school maintenance requirements
4) Allocate Safety Valve grant funding to the extension and
refurbishment of Claremont Special School
5) Re-baseline the SEND Wave 2 Project Budgets

Content

That the Committee for Children and Young
People:
1) Approve the acceptance of £4.4m
Department for Education High Needs Provision Capital into the
Education Capital Programme (confirmation of award in appendix
A5).
• Authorise
the Executive Director Children & Young People in consultation
with Chair of the Children and Young People Committee to spend the
funding as outlined in this report.
2) Approve the acceptance of £1.8m of
Department for Education Schools Condition Allocation into the
Education capital Programme.
• Authorise
the Executive Director Children & Young People in consultation
with Chair of the Children and Young People Committee to spend the
funding as outlined in this report.
3) Approve the allocation of £13.2m
safety valve grant funding to the extension and refurbishment of
Claremont Special School.
• Authorise
the Executive Director Children & Young People in consultation
with Chair of the Children and Young People Committee to procure
and award contracts required in the delivery of the redevelopment
of Claremont Special School in-line with the procurement routes and
maximum budget envelopes outlined in this report. Including
contracts over £499k.
4) To approve the allocation of £2.50m
of Basic Need Capital Grant to deliver new kitchens Ashley Down
Primary School and Sefton Park Primary School.
• Authorise
the Executive Director Children & Young People in consultation
with Chair of the Children and Young Peoples Committee to procure
and award contracts required for the expansion of kitchens at
Sefton Park Primary School and Ashley Down Primary School in-line
with the procurement routes and maximum budget envelopes outlined
in this report. Including contracts over £499k.
5) Approves the re-baselined budgets for the
SEND Wave 2 Projects:
• Broomhill Juniors
• Harry Crook
• Northstar 82
• Oasis Longcross