Purpose

New secondary school required to
provide pupil places for the new township of Great Haddon. This is
in line with PCC's statutory duty to provide pupil places within
the community in which they live. As well as the S106 obligations
for the Great Haddon housing development. 

Decision

Cabinet RESOLVED
to:

 

1.    
Authorise the establishment of a
new secondary school to be developed at Great Haddon (GHSS) and
delegates authority to the Executive Director for Children and
Young Person to progress with the Free School Presumption
Competition to select a Multi Academy Trust
operator. 

 

2.    
Note that the budget for
this project is being incorporated into the capital
programme as part of the budget setting process for
2026/27.  

 

3.    
Delegate authority to
the Executive
Director of Corporate Services - Section 151 Officer in consultation with  the Executive Director of Place and
Economy and Executive Director of Childrens and Young People’s, to authorise the award of the contract for the
works to construct and fit out the school, subject to approval by
finance, legal and procurement services.  

 

4.    
Agree that the Council calls for
the land for the school site from the developer on the terms as set
out in the s106 Agreement. 

 

5.    
Delegate authority to the
Executive Director for Legal and Governance in consultation with the Section 151 Officer and the Executive
Director of Place and Economy to take all necessary steps
to facilitate the decisions in recommendations 1-4 including
the entering into of any necessary legal
agreements. 

 

A full report can be found
below.