Purpose

A new secondary school is
planned in Burgess Hill, Bedelands Academy, on a site secured as
part of the Northern Arc development. The timeline for completion
of this project is September 2027; therefore a temporary school is
required for September 2026 to cater for the demand for pupil
places for secondary age children in the area.
 
The Burgess Hill Academy are
governed by the same Academy Trust as the new Bedelands Academy -
University of Brighton Academies Trust (UBAT) and have agreed to
host the temporary school on their Burgess Hill Academy site. This
would allow 120 pupils from September 2026, as Bedelands Academy
pupils, to access local education prior to transferring to the
newly built school in September 2027.
 
The Assistant Director
(Property and Assets) will be asked to approve the allocation of
S106 funding to enable delivery of the temporary school.

Decision

The Assistant Director (Property and Assets)
has approved the allocation of £960,000, from received S106
funds, to enable the delivery of a temporary Bedelands Academy to
provide 120 pupil places, to be sited at The Burgess Hill Academy
as set out in paragraph 2.1 of the report and to procure the
delivery of the works in so far as required.