Purpose

To seek approval of the SEND Education Capital
Programme 2026-2030.

Content

The
Committee RESOLVED:
UNANIMOUSLY
 
1.     
To approve the SEND Education Capital programme 2024-2030.
 
2.     
To authorise the Executive Director of Children and Education in
consultation with Chair of Children and Young People Policy
committee to allocate and spend £12.9m of additional funding
to the projects identified in this report.
 
3.     
To authorise the Executive Director of Children and Education in
consultation with Chair of Children and Young People Policy
committee to allocate £0.25m of additional funding to the
Trym Valley Special Free School to bring the total feasibility
funding for the school to £0.69m.
 
4.     
To authorise the Executive Director of Children and  Education in consultation with Chair of the
Children and Young People Policy Committee to accept future DfE
grants received, including HNPCA, which may be over the key
decision threshold, up to and including 2030 and to allocate the
grant funding to the SEND Education Capital programme up to the
maximum budget envelopes outlined in this report.   
 
5.     
To authorise the Director of Education in consultation with the
Chair of the Children and Young People Committee to take all steps
required to spend the additional £10.6m of project funds for
the Claremont School Redevelopment project, including procuring,
awarding and varying contracts over the key decision threshold up
to the maximum values outlined in this report.
 
6.     
To authorise the Director of Education in consultation with the
Chair of the Children and Young People Committee to take all steps
required to spend the additional £2.3m of project funds for
Briarwood School projects, including procuring, awarding and
varying contracts over the key decision threshold up to the maximum
values outlined in this report.
 
7.     
To authorise the Executive Director for Children and Education to
invoke any subsequent extensions/variations specifically defined in
the contract(s) being awarded, up to the maximum budget envelope
outlined in this report.