Transfer of Community Centre St Johns Wood School, Knutsford
Meeting: 21/09/2015 - Cabinet Member for Regeneration and Assets (Item 26)
26 Transfer of Community Centre St Johns Wood School, Knutsford 
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To consider the transfer of the Community Centre to the Adelaide Academy Trust.
Decision:
That the St Johns Wood Millennium Community Centre, shown edged red on the plan attached to the report, be included as part of the site of the St Johns Wood Special School within the academy lease to the Adelaide Academy Trust upon the conversion of the school to academy status. The lease is substantially in the DfE model form of academy lease which provides for the grant of a term of 125 years at a peppercorn rent.
Minutes:
Blanket approval was granted on 1 August 2011 by the then Cabinet Member for Prosperity to transfer School Sites to the relevant Academy Trusts once an Academy Order had been issued by the Secretary of State; the St Johns Wood Millennium Community Centre located on the school site falls outside this blanket approval as the community centre had not previously been held by the Council for use by the school.
The building has now ceased to be used as a Community Centre and it was, therefore, proposed to be leased to the Adelaide Academy Trust as part of the academy lease.
A scheme of works, funded by the Council (Children’s & Families) had been completed within the former community centre to facilitate the provision of additional Special Educational Needs places at the school. The Local Authority was obliged to fund the provision of a certain number of Special Educational Needs places and these were currently provided out of the Borough. Such provision was desirable in terms of locality and it was also cost effective. Further works were to be undertaken within the Sports Barn facility at the School Site to enable the Sports Barn be made available for out of school hours community use after completion of the academy lease.
RESOLVED
That the St Johns Wood Millennium Community Centre, shown edged red on the plan attached to the report, be included as part of the site of the St Johns Wood Special School within the academy lease to the Adelaide Academy Trust upon the conversion of the school to academy status. The lease is substantially in the DfE model form of academy lease which provides for the grant of a term of 125 years at a peppercorn rent.