Decision details
Early Years Capital Resources
Decision Maker: Executive Member for Children and Young People's Services and Advisory Panel
Decision status: Awaiting Implementation
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: No
Purpose:
Purpose of report: This report proposes a way
of ensuring that recent government funding to support the
improvement of buildings, IT and open spaces for the PVI sector is
spent with regard to principles of Best Value, in consultation with
all sectors and in co-ordination with other building projects. The
funding is for one year and will help to ensure that children
access better quality provision across all sectors. As with
previous funding (for the maintained sector) it is proposed that
Shared Foundation Partnership will be the vehicle for sharing the
resources for the greater good of all families and to ensure
sustainability.
Members are asked to: approve the proposal
Decision:
Members received a report which sought approval for a second tranche of Extended Schools Projects and for the process and criteria for bids from the Private, Voluntary and Independent sector to use the new “Quality and Access Early Years Capital Grant Allocation”.
In relation to Extended Schools Capital, Members had the option to approve or not approve any of the recommended allocation of the Phase 2 Capital to the three additional projects at Wheldrake CE School, Headlands Primary School and Lord Deramore’s Primary School. With regards to the Quality and Access Early Years Capital Grant Allocation, Members had the options of approving or amending the process and criteria for bids from the Private, Voluntary and Independent sector to use the new “Quality and Access Early Years Capital Grant Allocation.
Advice of the Advisory Panel
That the Executive Member be advised:
(i) That, in relation to Extended Schools Capital, the three additional capital projects at Wheldrake CE School, Headlands Primary School and Lord Deramore’s Primary School be approved;
(ii) That, in relation to the Quality and Access Early Years Capital Grant Allocation, the process and criteria for bids from the Private, Voluntary and Independent sector to access this new capital grant be approved;
(iii) To approve the addition in the Early Years Capital Grant Application Pro-Forma, in questions 4 and 6, of how the proposal would also benefit disabled and SEN children.
Decision of the Executive Member
RESOLVED:That the advice of the Advisory Panel be accepted and endorsed.
REASON:(i) To ensure that the extended schools agenda in York continues to progress;
(ii) (iii) To further improve the quality and inclusiveness of our child care settings.
Publication date: 18/07/2008
Date of decision: 17/07/2008
Decided at meeting: 17/07/2008 - Executive Member for Children and Young People's Services and Advisory Panel
Accompanying Documents:
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