DECISION

1.    To agree to the grant of a 125-year lease to the new academy trust for Stebon Primary School;

2.    To note that the proposed grant of a 125 year lease to the new Academy Trust for Stebon Primary School will be subject to the Commissioners’ consent;

3.    To agree that the Council’s existing lease for Bygrove Primary School site may be surrendered, in order to allow a new lease to be agreed between the Westminster Diocese and the academy trust;

4.    To authorise the Corporate Director, Place, to agree the final terms and conditions for the grant of the new lease for Stebon Primary School and the surrender of the existing lease for Bygrove Primary School;

5.    To approve the Council to enter into commercial and staffing transfer agreements for both schools;

6.    To authorise the Corporate Director, Children’s Services, after consultation with the Acting Corporate Director, Governance and the Corporate Director, Resources to enter into and undertake any remaining issues and/or agreements associated with the conversion of the two schools;

7.    To authorise the Acting Corporate Director Governance to execute all documentation required to implement the decisions;

8.    To authorise the Corporate Director, Resources to execute the Local Government(Contract) Act 1997 Certificate required to implement the decisions.

Action by:

CORPORATE DIRECTOR, CHILDREN’S SERVICES (D. JONES)

ACTING CORPORATE DIRECTOR, GOVERNANCE (G. WHITE)

(Service Manager, Policy, Programmes and Community Insight (L. Richards)

(Academy Conversions Project Manager (P. Stone)

Councillor Rachael Saunders, Deputy Mayor and Cabinet Member for Education and Children’s Services, introduced the report. She highlighted that there was a set process for dealing with Academy School conversions including the need to agree the lease as set out in the report.

The Mayor agreed the recommendations as set out in the report.

RESOLVED

1.    To agree to the grant of a 125-year lease to the new academy trust for Stebon Primary School;

2.    To note that the proposed grant of a 125 year lease to the new Academy Trust for Stebon Primary School will be subject to the Commissioners’ consent;

3.    To agree that the Council’s existing lease for Bygrove Primary School site may be surrendered, in order to allow a new lease to be agreed between the Westminster Diocese and the academy trust;

4.    To authorise the Corporate Director, Place, to agree the final terms and conditions for the grant of the new lease for Stebon Primary School and the surrender of the existing lease for Bygrove Primary School;

5.    To approve the Council to enter into commercial and staffing transfer agreements for both schools;

6.    To authorise the Corporate Director, Children’s Services, after consultation with the Acting Corporate Director, Governance and the Corporate Director, Resources to enter into and undertake any remaining issues and/or agreements associated with the conversion of the two schools;

7.    To authorise the Acting Corporate Director Governance to execute all documentation required to implement the decisions;

8.    To authorise the Corporate Director, Resources to execute the Local Government(Contract) Act 1997 Certificate required to implement the decisions.