Purpose

The County Council has a
statutory duty to provide sufficient school places for all children
who need a place. Increasing provision for children and young
people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND)
through the creation of additional places in Special Support
Centres (SSCs) will assist with the aim of enabling children to
attend school locally.
 
In line with this aim, in
September 2022 the then Cabinet Member for Learning and Skills
approved the allocation of funding to provide the necessary
accommodation at Maidenbower Infant
School for the establishment of a Special Support Centre for 12
children aged 4 to 7 with Social Communication Needs (decision
LS07(22/23) refers).
 
A procurement has been
undertaken and this report seeks approval to award the contract for
the works to remodel the area formerly used for nursery provision
into an SSC at Maidenbower Infant
School.
 

Decision

The Assistant Director (Property and Assets)
has approved the award of the construction contract for the sum of
£634,564.00 to Sunninghill Construction Co Limited for the
delivery of works required, as set out in this report, to create a
Special Support Centre at Maidenbower
Infant School.