Agenda, decisions and minutes
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Contact: Deborah Miller Tel: (01865) 815384; E-Mail: deborah.miller@oxfordshire.gov.uk
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Questions from County Councillors Any county
councillor may, by giving notice to the Proper Officer by 9 am two working days
before the meeting, ask a question on any matter in respect of the Cabinet
Member’s delegated powers. The number
of questions which may be asked by any councillor at any one meeting is limited
to two (or one question with notice and a supplementary question at the
meeting) and the time for questions will be limited to 30 minutes in total. As
with questions at Council, any questions which remain unanswered at the end of
this item will receive a written response. Questions
submitted prior to the agenda being despatched are shown below and will be the
subject of a response from the appropriate Cabinet Member or such other
councillor or officer as is determined by the Cabinet Member, and shall not be
the subject of further debate at this meeting. Questions received after the
despatch of the agenda, but before the deadline, will be shown on the Schedule
of Addenda circulated at the meeting, together with any written response which
is available at that time. Minutes: Councillor Harrod received the
following Question with Notice from Councillor Howson: Do the standards apply to
schools being built under the DfE Wave programme and
if not, can developers challenge Oxfordshire standards that are in excess of
government requirements even where we beleive our
standards deliver a better learning environment for children in the primary and
early years sector? Answer: The Oxfordshire space standards
for Primary and Secondary Schools only apply to
those schools procured by the County Council, this will include presumption
free schools funded by developer contributions. The standards will not apply to
schools procured directly by the Department for Education, for example wave
Free Schools, UTC’s and Studio Schools. The
area recommended in the Oxfordshire standards for new school buildings is within
the range of areas contained in the Department
for Education guidance for new schools (known as Building Bulletins) and in
many cases the Oxfordshire standards are towards the lower end of the range. Developers
can, and do, challenge the amount of contributions that the council seeks to
secure towards building new schools, usually citing the viability of their
developments as a reason why they should pay less. To date though the council
has generally been successful in defending the amounts it has required and the
adoption of the revised standards will further support the council’s position. He then received the following Supplementary Question: Are the Standards used by the DfE for
free schools and other schools such as University Technical Colleges and Studio
Schools procured by the DfE more or less
generous than the Standards used by Oxfordshire County Council? Answer In general the DfE Standards would be less generous than Oxfordshire County Council Standards, although this varied from projext to project. |
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Forward Plan Ref: 2016/076 Contact: Kevin Griffin, Service Manager - School Organisation & Planning; Tel: (01865) 816457 Report by Director for Children’s Services (CMDED4) The report proposes revisions to the
County Council’s Primary and Secondary School space standards for the design
and construction of new school buildings and subsequent amendments to policy
documents. The Cabinet Member for
Education is RECOMMENDED to
approve on behalf of Cabinet: (a)
adoption
of the revised space standards for new Primary and Secondary Schools in Oxfordshire with increased
provision for early years and SEN as shown in the following Annexes: Annex A: OCC Building and Site Area
Guidelines for Primary School Annex B: OCC Building and Site Area
Guidelines for Secondary Schools Annex C: OCC Model Primary School Schedules
of Accommodation. (b)
Delegation
of approval of further amendments to these standards on an exceptions basis to
the Director Environment and Economy in consultation with the Director
Children, Education & Families. Additional documents: |