Decision details

At its meeting on 14 December 2017 the Council Cabinet considered a report setting out the Council’s priority schemes to be undertaken as part of Cardiff’s Band B 21s Century Schools Programme.

The priorities include a proposal for Willows High School to be rebuilt as a new 11-16 high school with 6 forms of entry (6FE).

As part of the development of the proposal a public engagement exercise was to be undertaken in order to provide opportunities for interested parties to find out more about what is being proposed and share their views as to how the school could be developed to best represent and provide for the needs of the local communities it serves.

The purpose of this report is to inform Cabinet of the views expressed by stakeholders throughout the engagement and to provide further information regarding the funding mechanism of this project.          

RESOLVED: that

1.            the responses received during the public engagement exercise on the proposal to provide a new build school for Willows High School be noted

2.            it be noted that Officers will be entering into the Deed of Adherence to enable new participants to become a party to and to be bound by the Strategic Partnering Agreement for delivering MIM schemes.

3.            Approval be given to the delivery of the scheme through the Band B 21st Century Schools capital funded programme, subject to Welsh Government approval.

4.            Authority be delegated to the Director of Education & Lifelong Learning (in consultation with the Cabinet Members for Education, Employment & Skills and Finance, Modernisation & Performance, the Director of Governance and Legal Services, and the Corporate Director for Resources) to determine all aspects of the procurement process (including for the avoidance of doubt (including approving the evaluation criteria to be used, commencing the procurement and authorising the award of the proposed contract) for the new build school and all ancillary matters pertaining to the procurement.