hertfordshire county council education panel - outline business case presentation 11th june 2008

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Education Panel - Outline Business Case presentation

11th June 2008


BSF – Update

• Renewed focus on an educational transformation programme

• £210m in Stevenage• All secondary schools involved• Schools ready for 21st century

– ‘The first of something new not the best of the old’

• School staff, governors and students engaged.


Outcomes of statutory review

• Six, 8FE mainstream schools – now 5 x 8fe, 1 x 7fe

• Closure of Heathcote– 2012

• Relocation of TAS to Great Ashby

• Co-location of Lonsdale and Greenside on mainstream sites

• Relocation of Valley school


The Educational Transformation

• Larger schools– Improved standards– Improved opportunities– Increased sustainability– Better value for money

• Partnership agreement– Trust schools– Town wide trust– Build upon 14 to 19

• Extended school agenda• Integrated Services• Personalisation• ICT development


The Outline Business Case

• Due for submission on 23rd July after Cabinet approval on 21st July – At this stage still under development

• Develop the plans for educational transformation into reality.• Relates to corporate and CYPP objectives• Sets out how the educational estate will be developed• Sets out costs• Affordability – funding streams (including negotiating

abnormals)• Identifies risks and strategies for dealing with them.• Proposals for working arrangements with the LEP• Timetable• Strategy for leading and managing the change.


OBC Issues being developed at the moment

• Section 2 The Corporate Vision

Include Stevenage regeneration plans and Diocese vision.Strategic Overview

Increase emphasis placed on Francis Combe as first Hertfordshire academyKey Estates Priorities

Rewrite with extra emphasis placed on Francis Combe• Section 3

Option Analysis and Feasibility Rewrite to include extra emphasis on educational transformation, ICT and

curriculum modellingSample Schools

Rewrite with more emphasis on education and learning and SEN• Sections 4 + 5

Some work from PWC now arrived• Section 7

Rewrite with more emphasis on education and learning and impact upon the classroom.


The next stage - Procurement Local Education Partnership (LEP)

A public private partnership with 3 elements:

•A private sector partner (PSP)

•A local authority (LA)

•Partnerships for Schools

A ‘joint venture’ (J V)

company

A limited liability company:

•Issues share capital

•Usual constitution

Shareholding =

PSP 80%

LA 10%

PFS 10%


The plans for each site

• Marriotts/Lonsdale co-location and new build – a PFI scheme.

• Nobel, Barnwell, John Henry Newman, Barclay, Greenside, Valley all traditional design and build. Mixed new build, refurbishment and extensive remodelling.

• Thomas Alleyne School new build on new site at Great Ashby - a PFI scheme


Thomas Alleyne School

• Moving to Great Ashby– Purchase site– Planning permission

• Submission of supplementary OBC– Best case 2010– Worst case 2012

• Construction– Best case 2011 – 2012– Worst case 2013 – 2014


Playing Fields

• Problems– Larger schools need larger fields– More school building removes green space from the

town– Sport England concerns re provision.

• Solutions– Great Ashby– Bragbury End– Good provision

Sports halls, Dance studiosAll weather pitches and ‘mugas’, Climbing walls, Swimming pool.


Timescale

J F M A M J J A S O N D J F M A M J J A S O N D J F M A M J J A S O N D J F M A M J J A S O N D J F M A M J J A S O N D J F M A M J J A S O N D J F M A

Nobel - 21 months

Marriotts and Lonsdale - 24 months

Barnwell & Greenside - 21 months

Valley - 12 months

Heathcote

ESC - 6 months

JHN - 21 months

Francis Combe - 30 months

Thomas Alleyne - worst case scenario - 21 months (best case scenario could move this forwards by up to 26 months)

Barclay - 21 months

Barclay opportunities and risks - 21 months

ESC (remodel) 9 monthsPhase 2

No decant

Barclay (remodel) - 21 monthsPhase 3

Worst case scenario (long CPO) with off site decant to TA

Phase 3

Thomas Alleyne - 21 monthsPhase 1(Best case - no CPO)

No decant


Offsite decant to TA (best case scenario)

Valley (fast track start) Phase 2

No decant required

Phase 1 Phase 2

2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015Decant arrangements Option 1 - without use of Collenswood & Heathcote retained on site till 2012

Q1 Q2 Q3Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1

Marriotts/Lonsdale (New Build) - 24 monthsPhase 1

No decant required

Barnwell/Greenside (remodel) - 21 monthsPhase 2

No decant required

Q4Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2Q1 Q1 Q2 Q3

NOBEL (remodelling) - 21 monthsPhase 1

On-site decant

Q2 Q4Q2 Q3 Q4 Q3 Q4 Q1

2016

Q1 Q2

Barnwell (fast track start)Phase 2

No decant required

Heathcote pupils on its existing site

Heathcote Pupils on Barnwell

Thomas Alleyne (new build) 21 monthsPhase 2 (worst case scenario)

No decant required

JHN (remodel) - 21 monthsPhase 2

On-site decant moved from Nobel

Francis Combe (remodel) 30 monthsPhase 1

On-Site decant

ESC (remodel) 9 monthsPhase 2

No decant


On-site decant from Francis Combe with long CPO

Valley (refurb) 12 monthsPhase 2

No decant required


ICT plans

Provision of and support for:Learning Platform including MIS, VLE and learning contentWide area network – linking to broadband service ICT for school administrationnetwork services: user account management; e-mail; back-

up; virus protection; Internet filtering and/or monitoring; curriculum software servers; video-conferencing; etc

helpdeskanywhere, anytime access for all users refresh and sustainability Institutional infrastructure (School LAN)all users’ equipment: access devices; peripherals, etc. integration of legacy hardware and software technical support


Involving children

• Sorrell Foundation

• Day 1 Architectural design

• Day 2 Workshop

• Presentations

• Printed materials

hertfordshire county council education panel - outline business case presentation 11th june 2008

Documents

worst case

extra emphasis

mixed new build

educational estate

constructionbest case

new site

learning platform

fe mainstream schools