To approve capital expenditure for addition temporary classrooms at Marlbrook School.

The cabinet member young people & children's wellbeing presented a report on the provision of temporary classrooms at Marlbrook School.  He said that the school was a high performing popular community school and there had been an increase in demand for places in the last six years in reception year (YR) in excess of 90.   The provision of temporary classrooms was in line with the school capital investment strategy and the best value option has estimated the cost to be £120k with an additional contingency of £20k.

In response to questions from cabinet members, the following points were made:

·         That of the total costs, the school would provide £40k whilst the council would provide the balance of £80k.

·         That the intake to the school was a reflection of parental choice, and that additional building would mean that the way people travelled to the school would be a key consideration.

·         That traffic issues would be taken into consideration as part of the planning process.

Resolved: That subject to securing planning consent, approval be given to provide an additional temporary classroom at Marlbrook school for a period of two years from September 2016 at a total cost of up to £140k