Agenda item

(a)  That for a temporary period of 12 months, additional rooms, currently available in the Haymill building are rented to Haybrook College to create the capacity required for September 2011;

(b)  That a costed options appraisal be prepared on future options for the location of Haybrook College and for the future use of the Haymill site.

The Cabinet considered report on the anticipated pressure for special school places at Haybrook College from September 2011 and having regard to the condition of the Haybrook College buildings, the future needs of the School and the potential to regenerate the site and the options for the future location of Haybrook College.

The Director of Education and Children’s Services advised Cabinet on the options for increasing the school’s capacity.  Cabinet agreed that it was important to keep young people in Slough especially as the unit had received excellent reports from Ofsted. It was noted that the School would have been rebuilt as part of the Building Schools for the Future Programme but different options now needed to be looked at for future provision. An Options Appraisal would be undertaken which would look at the current site and other options and would then be reported back to Cabinet.

The Cabinet noted that the rent for the additional buildings required by the school would be paid through the Dedicated Schools Grant. It was agreed that using the additional buildings at the centre provided the best options as it may also contribute to the beginnings of a long term solution.

Resolved:-

(a)  That for a temporary period of 12 months, additional rooms, currently available in the Haymill building are rented to Haybrook College to create the capacity required for September 2011;

(b)  That a costed options appraisal be prepared on future options for the location of Haybrook College and for the future use of the Haymill site.