Issue - meetings

Report by: Deputy Chief Executive (S151 Officer)

The Cabinet Member is RECOMMENDED to

a)    Approve the completion of the Funding Agreement with Oxford Diocesan Schools Trust (ODST) which will release funding greater than £2m to ODST to enable them to enter into contract for the construction of a new teaching block at Grove CE Primary School.

Recommendation approved.

The Cabinet Member considered the report which indicated that the

Grove CE Primary School was an academy managed by Oxford Diocesan Schools Trust (ODST). Due to local housing growth, there was a pupil-place pressure in the north of Grove. The council had agreed with ODST that they would expand the admission number at Grove CE Primary School by 105 places (from 1 form entry to 1.5 form entry) and with an additional 39 place Nursery, using funding provided by the council. ODST had tendered the project and the tender sum for construction formed part of the project budget.

Resolved to:

a)    Approve the completion of the Funding Agreement with Oxford Diocesan Schools Trust (ODST) which will release funding greater than £2m to ODST to enable them to enter into contract for the construction of a new teaching block at Grove CE Primary School.