Decision details

To enable the on-going capital maintenance of secondary and special schools rebuilt and refurbished under the Building Schools for the Future (BSF) Programme.

a)    To note the arrangements for capital maintenance at secondary and special schools.

b)To add £1m to the BSF Landlord Cycle Fund, in pursuance of the Council’s commitment to make further underwritten contributions, funded from a review of maintenance and lifecycle earmarked reserves.

c)  To release £4.0m from the BSF Landlord Lifecycle Fund to meet the costs of the programme of planned priority works outlined in this report, and this be added to the capital programme; and

d)That authority to vary the programme to address any emerging issues or priorities be delegated to the Director of Estates and Building Services in consultation with the Strategic Director, City Development and Neighbourhoods.

To seek approval to draw down £4m of funding from the Citywide BSF Lifecycle Fund for a planned programme of priority works to retained estate at BSF schools and to make a further contribution of £1m to the Lifecycle Fund.

To not do anything.