Issue - meetings

Recommendations

The Executive is recommended to:

       i.         Approve the proposed Schools Capital Programme for 2025-26 as summarised in Appendix A

     ii.         Approve the detailed Programme, including the Planned Capital Maintenance Programme, for 2025-26 as set out in Appendix B

    iii.         Agree the continuation of the approach for dealing with any schools that convert to Academy status following the approval of the Programme as laid out in paragraph 3.2

Considered a report of the Corporate Director Children and Young People’s Service in respect of the Schools Capital Programme 2025-26.

The Executive Member for Education, Learning and Skills, Councillor Annabel Wilkinson introduced the report outlining the various elements of the Schools Capital Programme 2025-26 and welcoming Government support for the programme through the School Condition Allocation, whilst adding that the funding was nowhere near enough.  The council would therefore continue to lobby the Government for increased funding since it was vital the council continued to invest in its schools.

Resolved (unanimously) that the Executive approve the proposed Schools Capital Programme for 2025-26 as summarised in Appendix A of the report.

Reasons for recommendations

The programme recommended in this report has been proposed in accordance with the DfE’s guidance for the use of the School Condition Allocation and has been designed to address priority condition, compliance and operational issues within the school estate.

The programme includes a specific provision to meet the costs associated with significant failures or compliance issues that arise during the course of the year, and a general contingency sum to meet additional unforeseen costs associated with the provisions and schemes identified within the overall programme.