Millbrook Primary School - Conversion to Academy status
December 17, 2024 Executive Member (Education, Achievement and Equalities) (Cabinet member) Approved View on council websiteThis summary is generated by AI from the council’s published record and supporting documents. Check the full council record and source link before relying on it.
Summary
...to facilitate the conversion of Millbrook Primary School to academy status, the Borough Solicitor was authorized to enter into a 125-year lease with the Ambition Community Trust, a Commercial Transfer Agreement ensuring risk and liability do not revert to the Council, pension arrangements were agreed to pool Academy Trust funds with Council funds, authority was delegated to the Director of Resources to execute necessary pension fund documentation, and the conversion was scheduled for on or around January 1, 2025.
Full council record
Content
That it be DETERMINED that:
I.
The Borough
Solicitor is authorised to enter into a 125-year Lease in respect
of the school site with the Ambition Community Trust.
II.
The Borough
Solicitor be authorised to enter into a Commercial Transfer
Agreement with the Ambition Community Trust, which takes into
account the principle that risk and liability does not transfer
back to the Council and in respect of which the funds and reserves
to manage the risks/liabilities will transfer to the Academy and
consequently the Council should be in no worse position because of
the transfer.
III.
The pension
arrangements be agreed so that Academy Trust funds are pooled with
Council funds, in respect of the pension fund liabilities in the
Greater Manchester Pension Fund.
IV.
Authority
be delegated to the Director of Resources, or their nominated
representative, to execute any necessary Greater Manchester Pension
Fund for Transferee Admission Bodies documentation.
V.
The
conversion of Millbrook Primary School
to take
place on or around 1 January 2025, or as soon as possible
thereafter
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| Outcome | Recommendations Approved |
| Decision date | 17 Dec 2024 |