Issue - meetings

Report by: Deputy Chief Executive (S151 Officer)

The Cabinet Member is RECOMMENDED to

a)    Approve the sealing of a Funding Agreement between the Council and The Gallery Trust. The Funding Agreement will enable The Gallery Trust to draw down funding from the council for remodelling of classroom accommodation and other associated works to facilitate the expansion of Mabel Prichard School, a special school academy in Oxford.

Recommendation approved.

The Cabinet Member considered a report which indicated that Mabel Prichard Special School was an academy, under the management of The Gallery Trust (TGT). Due to increased pressure for special school places in the County, the council agreed with TGT that they would increase the school’s admission number at Mabel Prichard School and deliver 23 additional spaces.

The TGT was a self-delivering the expansion project using funding provided by the council through a funding agreement. The anticipated completion date was summer 2027.

Resolved to:

a)    Approve the sealing of a Funding Agreement between the Council and The Gallery Trust. The Funding Agreement will enable The Gallery Trust to draw down funding from the council for remodelling of classroom accommodation and other associated works to facilitate the expansion of Mabel Prichard School, a special school academy in Oxford.