The council seeks approval to enter a short-term lease with the developer for the accommodation of South Quay College. The current provision is being closed by the DFE in July 23 and there remains a continued need to ensure adequate provision for these pupils with Tower Hamlets, which cannot be accommodated in existing LBTH sites. Whilst this lease is a temporary occupation, there is an intended wider long-term solution for students with additional needs which is anticipated to address the physical site accommodation past 2024.

Reasons for urgency were noted and approved.

DECISION:

1.    To authorise the Director of Integrated Growth and Development following consultation with the Mayor to enter into a lease with the developer of South Quays to the value set out within the ‘Heads of Terms’ presented in Confidential Appendix 1 to the report, to ensure sufficient places for pupils with additional needs from September 2023.

2.    To agree the ‘Heads of Terms’, in Confidential Appendix 1 to the report, to enable the lease to be signed.

ACTION BY:

CORPORATE DIRECTOR CHILDREN AND CULTURE (J. THOMAS)

Service head (Pupil Access and School Sufficiency) (T. Bryan)