RESOLVED:

That Cabinet:

A).      approves the proposals for a prescribed alteration to expand Perseid School from 112 places plus nursery to 140 places plus nursery from September 2015.

B).      notes that the reason for this decision is to provide special educational needs (SEN) school places in the local area and the expansion of Perseid School provides good value for money. Perseid was rated by Ofsted as “Outstanding” and the council’s Head of Education was satisfied that the leadership of the school has the management capacity to continue to raise standards while the school expands.

C.       agrees to award the construction contract to R Durtnell & Sons Ltd, for the contract value as detailed within Appendix A to the report, to carry out the construction works at Perseid School.