This report includes proposals for two sites to provide additional primary school capacity to meet the rising need for school places in the borough.  These sites are the Former Bromley Hall Special School and the former site of Bow Boys’ School.   Both are vacant and provide opportunities to be brought into primary school use.

DECISION

1. To approve the adoption of a capital estimate of £9.0m for the proposed works to the former Bromley Hall Special School;

2. To delegate to the Corporate Director, Development & Renewal, the power to appropriate  land in Lochnagar Street shown in Appendix A from the HRA to the General Fund for Education purposes, subject to prior consultation with the Service Head – Legal Services, and agree that the land is incorporated into Bromley Hall School site;

3. To approve the proposed procurement of works to the Bromley Hall School by use of a suitable pre-tendered framework;

4. To approve the adoption of a capital estimate of £11m for the proposed works to the former site of Bow Boys’ School;

5. To approve the proposed procurement approach for the former Bow Boys’ School site of working with Tower Hamlets Schools Ltd ;

6. To authorise the Corporate Director of ESCW to agree tenders for projects referred to in this report within the approved programmes and capital estimate; and

7.    To authorise the Corporate Director, Development and Renewal, following consultation with the Service Head – Legal Services, to agree and enter into the contracts required to give effect to the above recommendations.

Action by:

CORPORATE DIRECTOR, EDUCATION, SOCIAL CARE AND WELLBEING (R. McCULLOCH-GRAHAM)

(Head of Building Development (P. Watson)

(Service Head, Resources, ESCW (K. Bingham)