Combined Executive Agenda 120410.pdf - North Ayrshire Council

Subject:
NORTH AYRSHIRE COUNCIL
Agenda Item 15
10 April 2012
The Executive of North Ayrshire Council
Education and Skills South West Hub - Garnock
Campus Outline Project Plan
Purpose: To advise the Executive of the outline project
management plan to take forward the Garnock
Campus.
Recommendation: That the Executive notes (a) the outline project
delivery plan contained in the report; and (b) that
updates will be submitted to future meetings as the
project progresses through key milestones.
1. Introduction
1.1 The Council has been awarded revenue funding support equivalent to
a capital contribution of £18.8m to deliver a new Garnock Academy
secondary school. In March 2010, the Education Executive agreed to
plan for a more ambitious project of a Campus to include a new
Garnock Academy, the replacement and amalgamation of Moorpark
and Glengarnock Primary Schools and the replacement of Garnock
Pool in Kilbirnie.
1.2 In May 2011, the Executive approved a proposed governance
structure to deliver the project. The structure can be found in
Appendix 1.
1.3 Having secured this funding support, the Council has now completed
a statutory public consultation (July 2011) and are in the process of
selecting a preferred site for the campus.
1.4 The Scottish Futures Trust (SFT) will manage the funding allocation
on behalf of the Scottish Government and it is understood that North
Ayrshire Council will procure the new campus through the South West
hub procurement vehicle which will be ready to receive new projects in
October 2012.
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