Agenda, decisions and minutes

Forward Plan Ref: 2018/181

Contact: Barbara Chillman, Service Manager – Pupil Place Planning

Report by Director for Children’s Services (CMDECS4).

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 secondary school for 2020. It was subsequently agreed in the meeting of 15 July 2014 that the final recommendation should be a decision delegated to the cabinet member responsible for Education. 

This process has been followed and has now reached the point where a preferred provider has been identified from a group of 4 short-listed bidders which were assessed against criteria.

The Cabinet Member is asked to agree the recommended provider which will be submitted to the Secretary of State for Education for a final decision.  However, the Department for Education has directed that the recommendation must not be made public, therefore this has to be kept confidential.            

The Cabinet Member for Education & Cultural Services is RECOMMENDED to approve the preferred provider to be submitted to the Secretary of State for Education for final agreement.