Decision details

Education Planned Maintenance Programme 2022/23

Decision Maker: Portfolio Holder for Children, Education and Families

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: No

Is subject to call in?: Yes

Purpose:

Programme of maintenance works at Bromley maintained schools.

Decision:

That the School Condition Allocation of £383k from the Department for Education to support the capital maintenance of community and foundation schools within Bromley during 2022/23 be noted.

 

The allocation of £466k of Salix Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme Phase 3 funding to the Local Authority for 2022/23 be noted.

 

The proposed expenditure of £982k capital funding allocation to the six remaining Community and Foundation schools as set out in Report CEF22034 be authorised.

 

The maintenance works be procured either through open procurement or via the Council’s in-house Corporate Property Team. The Council may also on occasion delegate funds to schools to deliver capital works.

 

Authority be delegated to the Director of Education to authorise the allocation of the £383k School Condition Allocation received for 2022/23.

Reasons for the decision:

The Local Authority receives an annual School Conditions Allocation from the Department of Education to undertake capital maintenance works at Local Authority Maintained Schools.  The allocation for 2022/23 was made on the basis of the six remaining Local Authority Maintained Schools and would be distributed with reference to the schools’ premises development maintenance plans and condition surveys as well as the Department for Education’s Condition Data Collection reports.  The Local Authority was also allocated £466k of Salix Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme Phase 3 funding towards the replacement of the heating system at Southborough Primary School.

Publication date: 16/06/2022

Date of decision: 16/06/2022

Effective from: 24/06/2022

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