Issue - meetings

To consider the report of the Director of Children’s Services seeking approval to incur expenditure and authority to tender work necessary for the delivery of the Basic Need Programme in respect of additional teaching spaces at Beeston Primary School and additional accommodation at Allerton Church of England Primary School.

The Director of Children’s Services submitted a report setting out the background and detail on proposals to expand both Beeston Primary School and Allerton Church of England Primary School. In recognition of the need to increase the admission limit at both schools due to the rapidly increasing birth rate in Leeds, both schools will be expanded under the Basic Need Programme, which aims to ensure the Council meets its statutory duty to provide a school place for every child in the city with the projects being delivered by Children’s Services in partnership with NPS Leeds.

Authority was sought to spend £829,600 and to tender work to provide additional teaching spaces at Beeston Primary School and to spend £550,700 and authority to tender work to provide additional accommodation at Allerton CofE Primary School.

RESOLVED -

a)  That Executive Board authorise expenditure of £829,600 from capital scheme number 16505/BEE/000 and approve authority to tender for the construction of a new two storey extension at Beeston Primary.

b)  That Executive Board authorise expenditure of £550,700 from capital scheme number 16505/ALP and approve authority to tender for the construction of a single storey, two classroom extension at Allerton CofE Primary.