Purpose

North Mundham Primary School is a 210 place, 7 class
school for children aged 4-11 years old.  The school consists of a broad range of buildings
including a double modular unit which has been identified as
requiring replacement due to its age and significant condition
issues.
 
Projections indicate that the
60 pupil places currently accommodated in the modular block are
required, to ensure continued capacity for children of primary age
in the village and wider locality. Without the pupil places West
Sussex County Council will be unable to meet its statutory duties
to ensure sufficient school places in this area.
 
It is proposed to replace the
modular unit with two new classrooms in permanent, traditional
construction.  Therefore, authority is
sought for the allocation of funding required to enable this work
to be progressed.

Decision

The Cabinet Member for Children and Young
People, Learning and Skills has approved:-
 

(1)The allocation of
£1.678m from received S106 developer contributions and Basic
Need funds to replace the life expired double modular unit with two
new classrooms and carry out associated works as set out in
paragraph 2.1 of this report.
 

(2)The authorisation to
commence a procurement process and delegation to the Assistant
Director (Property and Assets) to appoint contractors to complete
the project including obtaining any statutory consents.