Decision details

Doncaster Council are self-delivering the new SEN school on vacant land behind Hungerhill School, with funding from DfE, following a successful free school bid.

The DfE will make funds available for drawdown to deliver the project following the granting of planning permission. The aspirational opening date of the school is 1 September 2020, which requires work to begin as soon as possible should planning permission be granted at the Extraordinary Planning Committee meeting scheduled for 30 July 2019

Following the receipt of the project funds from the DfE, the £200,000 will be reallocated back to the Basic Needs Allocation.

To make a payment to Wilmott Dixon Construction of up to £200,000 for site set up costs in August 2019 for the delivery of the 'Bader School' (SEN Free School) - a new 100 place Communication and Interaction (C&I) Special School with an age range of 5-19. This will be achieved by a variation to the existing pre-construction services agreement PCSA with the agreement of Wilmott Dixon.

To not make payment to Wilmott Dixon and run the risk that the project delivery date will slip, resulting in the school not opening on 1 September 2020.