Issue - meetings

(Report of the Director of Children’s Services. To be introduced by the Cabinet Member for Children). The report seeks approval to enter into a range of  legal agreements for each of the schools converting to Academy status and for delegated authority to be given to the Director of Children’s Services to agree the terms of these agreements, after consultation with the Cabinet Member for Children’s Services.

Cabinet considered a report, introduced by the Cabinet Member for Children, which sought approval to enter into various legal agreements, in order to facilitate the statutory process of the conversion of schools to Academy status.

RESOLVED:

1. That the decision of the educational establishments to convert to Academy status be noted.

2. That, in order to facilitate the statutory process and conversion of schools to Academy status, it be approved that for each of the establishments the Local Authority, as appropriate, enter into:

Ø  A Commercial Transfer Agreement

Ø  A lease for 125 years where the Local Authority is the freeholder

Ø  Novation and/or assignment of any building contracts

3. That delegated authority be given to the Director of Children’s Services to agree the terms of the documents, as set out above, to be entered into after consultation with the Cabinet Member for Children.

Alternative Options Considered

None – this is a statutory process following the exercise of the educational establishments’ discretion to choose to convert to academy status under the Academies Act 2010.

Reasons for Decision

This is a statutory process following the exercise of the educational establishment’s choice to convert to academy status under the Academies Act 2010.