Decision details

Whether to approve the education specification for a new primary school, and move forward with identifying an academy sponsor

The Chair introduced the item to the meeting.

Officers noted that this would be to build a new primary school to serve the housing development to the west of Didcot, known as Valley Park.

Officers noted that the building work would begin before the academy sponsor was confirmed, but stated it was common with the relative timescales.

The Chair asked officers to consider ground-sourced heating for open spaces, such as playgrounds or carparks, at that stage as it would be cost-effective and environmentally beneficial.

The Chair thanked officers and agreed to the recommendation in the report.

RESOLVED to:

a)     Approve the specification for the new primary school to serve the Valley Park development to the west of Didcot, and for a competitive process to be launched to identify an academy sponsor to run the school.