Aylesbury Bulge Classes Release of Capital Budget (Decision to be taken)

April 3, 2025 Cabinet Member for Education & Children's Services, Leader (Cabinet member) Key decision Awaiting outcome View on council website

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Summary

...to release capital budget from the Service's capital programme to fund bulge class works at Aylesbury Schools, specifically approving £100k from the Green Ridge Primary project for Turnfurlong Junior School and £250k from the Cottesloe expansion project for science lab refurbishment, both to accommodate bulge classes from September 2025.

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Purpose

Agreement for the release of capital budget from the Service's capital programme to fund bulge class works at Aylesbury Schools to meet the need for additional places.

Decision

Recommendations:

  1. 1.                  Approve that £100k of unspent Capital contingency on the Green Ridge Primary project can be redirected to a new project, to enable minor works to be undertaken at Turnfurlong Junior School, to accommodate a Year 3 bulge class from September 2025.
  2. 2.                  Approve that £250k of unspent contingency on the existing Cottesloe expansion project can be used to undertake refurbishment works to their existing science labs, to accommodate a bulge class for 30 Year 7 pupils from September 2025.

Details

Decision date3 Apr 2025
Effective from9 Apr 2025
Subject to call-inYes