Decision Maker: Director of People
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: No
At the request of Schools Forum, the
Department for Education / Secretary of State gave permission to
establish a central Schools Block DSG expenditure budget of
£1,000,000
to focus on two areas:-
• Access;
• Safeguarding.
The budget is provided to deliver learning environment improvements
within Schools, Academies, PRUs and Learning Centres and it is
expected that a 10% contribution will be required towards any
project based on the estimate provided. It is intended that
the
funding will be allocated over a 3 year period with a full review
and progression report supplied to School Forum in July 2018.
Schools Forum delegated responsibility for administering the funds
through the Learning Provision Organisation Board and the initial
requests were considered on 9 November 2017.
The Board discussed each application on a case by case basis
following recommendations from Construction Services and the School
Organisation Service. The approved bids were felt to meet the
defined criteria of the Safeguarding and Access fund and were as
such approved under these conditions.
Additional conditions were also placed including that fencing
should be installed at the accepted height of 1.8 metres due to
planning regulations, unless specific need can be
evidenced otherwise.
To approve the Safeguarding and Access capital
allocations outlined with the attached ODR which were approved by
the Learning Provision Organisation Board (LPOB).
Option 1 - Do nothing – This would put
the safety of Doncaster children at risk.
Option 2 - Approve all applications – This would remove the
focus of a limited fund from the highest priority cases.
Option 3 - Agree the decisions of the Board – To focus on the
highest priority need and not fund applications where only
enhancements would be gained to existing systems.
Publication date: 12/07/2018
Date of decision: 17/01/2018
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