Purpose

The County Council has a
statutory duty to provide sufficient school places for all children
who need a place.
 
Sir Robert Woodard Academy is
an 8 form entry (8FE) 11-18 Secondary
School with a 6th form. The school has grown and accommodated bulge
classes in recent years to meet the demand for places which led to
the requirement in 2022 for more teaching and dining space to be in
place for pupils starting at the school in September
2022.
 
The school delivered the
additional teaching accommodation and dining space as a school
managed project to assist the County Council in meeting the basic
need for additional pupil places required in the Shoreham area and
as such it is expected that the County Council will meet the costs
of the additional accommodation.  
 
Approval is now sought for the
allocation of received Section 106 monies and Basic Need funding
from the Capital Programme to reimburse the Academy Trust for the
costs incurred in relation to delivery of the capital works
required to support the increased pupil numbers.

Decision

The Assistant Director (Property and Assets)
has approved:
 

(1)The passporting of
£0.657m incorporating £0.307m basic need and
£0.350m of received S106 funds to Sir Robert Woodard Academy
in accordance with the relevant Section 106 Agreements to fund the
work outlined in section 2.2 of the report.