Issue - meetings
Recommended Preferred Sponsor for the New Primary School at Barton, Oxford
Meeting: 20/04/2015 - Delegated Decisions by Cabinet Member for Children, Education & Families (Item 13)
13 Recommended Preferred Sponsor for the New Primary School at Barton, Oxford 
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Forward Plan Ref: 2014/184
Contact: Diane Cameron, School Organisation Officer Tel: (01865) 816445
Report by Director for Children’s Services (CMDCEF4).
New school for
Barton, Oxford : approval of preferred provider.
The Cabinet meeting
of 4 September 2012 approved a process for the identification of sponsors for
new academies to meet the needs of population growth such as this which
requires a new primary school for 2016. In July 2014 Cabinet agreed that the
decision on the preferred option could be delegated to the Lead Member for
Children Education and Families.
This process has
been followed and has now reached the point where a preferred provider has been
identified from a group of 2 short-listed bidders which were assessed against
criteria.
The Lead Member
is asked to agree the preferred provider which will be submitted to the
Regional Schools Commission for a final decision.
The Cabinet Member for Children, Education & Families is
RECOMMENDED to agree The Cheney School Academy Trust as the recommended
provider to be submitted to the Regional Schools Commissioner for final
agreement.
Decision:
Agreed.