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Roe Green Infant School Kitchen & Improvement Works - Approval of Capital Funding
Meeting: 06/04/2021 - Cabinet (Item 14)
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This report concerns the extension to kitchen facilities at Roe Green Infant School. It requests approval to assign capital funding to deliver a kitchen extension project at the school.
Decision:
Cabinet RESOLVED to approve £538,280.36 from the Council’s Basic Need Allocation to deliver the kitchen and £189,300.64 s106 funding, as detailed within sections 4.5 and 4.6 of the report.
Minutes:
Councillor Stephens, Lead Member for Schools, Employment & Skills, introduced a report seeking approval to assign the necessary capital funding in order to deliver an extension of kitchen facilities at Roe Green Infant School.
In considering the report Cabinet noted the extension of facilities had been designed in consultation with the School’s Senior Leadership Team with the purpose of enabling the school to meet its obligation to offer free school meals to all Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 pupils. This would not only support the universal infant free school meals policy project but was also closely aligned to the priorities within the Borough Plan relating to both (Every Opportunity to Succeed) supporting the continued improvement of early years provision and schools and (Strong Foundations) the building of services around residents and their needs.
Members were advised that the funding for the scheme could be met from unallocated Basic Need and s106 funding, as detailed in section 4 of the report.
Having expressed support for the scheme it was RESOLVED to approve the allocation of £538,280.36 from the Council’s Basic Need Allocation to deliver the kitchen and £189,300.64 s106 funding, as detailed within sections 4.5 and 4.6 of the report.