Agenda, decisions and minutes

There were none.

There were none.

Having considered an officer report, the Mayor agreed that:

(i) the decision of the Governors of the Leathersellers’ Federation of Schools,

following consultation, to change the status of Prendergast Ladywell Fields

College be noted;

(ii) the Instrument of Government for The Leathersellers’ Federation of

Schools be made by Local Authority order dated 1 September 2014;

(iii) the nomination of Andrew Holmes as the Local Authority governor be

approved for appointment by the Governing Body;

(iv) the Council is under a duty to transfer the land and buildings held or used

by the Local Authority for the purposes of the school to the Governing Body of

the school for the purposes of the school; and

(v) authority be delegated to the Director of Regeneration & Asset

Management  in consultation with the Executive Director for Children & Young

People and the Head of Law, to agree the final terms of the transfer and to

agree and conclude  any other outstanding issues in connection with the land

transfer arrangements.

The Mayor was advised the report had not been available for 5 clear working

days before the meeting and he was asked to accept it as an urgent item. The

report was not available for dispatch because of the need to consider fully the

financial and legal considerations after the close of the schools’ consultation. 

The report could not wait until the next meeting in September because the

implementation date for the change of status of Prendergast Ladywell Fields

College within the Leathersellers’ Federation of Schools required them to

have a reconstituted Governing Body in place by 1 September 2014.

The Mayor received confirmation that a federation of two Foundation and one

Voluntary Aided School would not lead to employment problems.

Having considered an officer report, the Mayor, for the reasons set out in the

report:

RESOLVED that:

(i) the decision of the Governors of the Leathersellers’ Federation of Schools,

following consultation, to change the status of Prendergast Ladywell Fields

College be noted;

(ii) the Instrument of Government for The Leathersellers’ Federation of

Schools be made by Local Authority order dated 1 September 2014;

(iii) the nomination of Andrew Holmes as the Local Authority governor be

approved for appointment by the Governing Body;

(iv) the Council is under a duty to transfer the land and buildings held or used

by the Local Authority for the purposes of the school to the Governing Body of

the school for the purposes of the school; and

(v) authority be delegated to the Director of Regeneration & Asset

Management in consultation with the Executive Director for Children & Young

People and the Head of Law, to agree the final terms of the transfer and to

agree and conclude any other outstanding issues in connection with the land

transfer arrangements.