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The Cabinet Member:
1.         Agreed
the use of £19.4m of the total approved existing SEND Capital
budget of £140.4m for 2024/25 to 2027/28 for confirmed final
expansion schemes at Freemantles School, Pond Meadow School and
Philip Southcote School.
 
2.         Agreed
the use of £0.99m of the £19.4m for the confirmed
refurbishment project budget for Freemantles School temporary
satellite site on the former Ripley Church of England Primary
School site. This figure represents no change from previous
assumptions as per the project’s capped budget.
 
3.         Agreed
the use of £7.34m of the £19.4m for the confirmed
refurbishment, adaption and new build extension project budget at
Pond Meadow School. This figure represents a £1.46m increase
from previous assumptions as per the project’s capped budget
of £5.88m.
 
4.         Agreed
the use of £11.05m of the £19.4m for the confirmed new
build extension and hydrotherapy pool project budget at Philip
Southcote School. This figure represents a £0.88m increase
from £10.17m approved by Cabinet on 28 March 2023.
 
5.        
Delegated authority to the Section 151 officer in consultation with
the Director of Land and Property to finalise and approve the terms
of all associated legal contracts and agreements to facilitate the
recommendations in this paper for project delivery at Freemantles
School temporary Satellite Site, Pond Meadow School and Philip
Southcote School.