Decision details

Request for the authority to spend to create an additional 105 places through the refurbishment of Iveson Primary School under the Learning Places Programme.

The Director of Children and Families agreed to:

  i.  Approve the injection of £400K of revenue funding for the creation of the Area Inclusion Partnership.

  ii.  Approve the expenditure of £2.0m from capital scheme number 32450/IVE/PH1 for the construction work associated with the Phase 1 works at Iveson Primary School subject to obtaining approval to spend £3.5m from the Learning Places Programme for both phase 1 and phase 2 works, at June 2017 Executive Board.

  iii.  Note that the approval of this DCR is subject to members of the Executive Board at their meeting in June 2017 approving delegation of the approval of this design and cost report to the Director of Children & Families.  The delegation of the approval of this design and cost report, if granted by members of the Executive Board, will be subject to the agreement of the Director of City Development and the Director of Resources & Housing in consultation with the appropriate Executive Member.

  iv.  Note that phase 1 works will be completed in full by end of December 2017 however, the refurbished classroom accommodation will be available to use as decant areas to accommodate the further increased admission number from September 2017.

  v.  Note that a second DCR for the main works will be submitted in October 2017 to cover the remainder of the expansion work.

  vi.  Note that the whole scheme will be completed by August 2018.

Note that the Chief Officer, Projects, Programmes & Procurement Unit (PPPU) is responsible for scheme delivery.

As the school ‘self-proposed’ the expansion to a 2 Form Entry (FE) school, a formal statutory process was not required.  However, consultation with parents and local residents was a necessary part of the process, this was carried out in July 2016, and no objections were raised.

Iveson Primary School is part of the Leeds North West Education Partnership Trust.

The proposed scheme and associated works has been the subject of consultation with colleagues in Children and Families, Corporate Finance and representatives from the School’s Leadership Team (SLT), the Governing Body and members of the Leeds North West Education Partnership.