Decision details

Request for authority to spend to create 105 additional pupil places (including provision for 8 SEN pupils) through the expansion of Beeston Hill St Lukes C of E Primary School.

Further to Minute No. 161, 21^st March 2018, the Director of Children and Families submitted a report which provided background information in respect to the proposed expansion at Beeston Hill St Luke’s Church of England Primary School, and which sought approval to incur expenditure necessary to support the proposed project and provided further context in respect of any associated risk and cost implications.

RESOLVED –

(a)  That the necessary ‘authority to spend’ on the Learning Places Programme for Beeston Hill St Luke’s Church of England Primary School, at a total value of £4,295,000 and as detailed within the submitted report, be approved;

(b)  That the expenditure of £4,295,000 from capital scheme number 32737/BEE/000 for the construction work and associated fees for the expansion of Beeston Hill St Luke’s Church of England Primary School, which is necessary to enable occupation from September 2020, be approved;

(c)  That the estimated scheme cost of £4,295,000 be noted, which includes: £3,220,000 for construction works, professional fees and survey costs of £485,000, £75,000 for loose furniture & equipment to support the expansion to 2 Form Entry and the setting up of Primary and Secondary SEN (Special Educational Needs) provision, £515,000 for supporting costs, together with a client held contingency commensurate to the scale and complexity of the project;

(d)  That it be noted that the officers responsible for the implementation of such matters are the Head of Service Learning Systems and the Head of Projects and Programmes, Asset Management & Regeneration, and that the necessary authority be delegated to those officers to enable them to enter into all other agreements required to deliver this project.

The formal proposal to expand the school was subject to a separate statutory consultation process.  The required construction project arising from this has been subject to separate consultation with the parties noted below.  Ward member briefings have taken place prior to planning being submitted, further to this a planning consultation sessions was held at the school for parents, carers and local residents.

Beeston and Holbeck ward members, Head of service learning systems, Head of Service learning inclusion, Holbeck in Bloom, Leeds City Council Planning Department, Leeds City Council Highways Department, Leeds City Council Asset Management Department, Staff at school, chair of governors,  local residents, parents and carers in the affected wards.