Agenda and decisions

78/2009 The Cabinet agreed to: (i) authorise the Director of Children and Adults, in consultation with Portfolio Holder for Children's Services, to publish formal proposals including statutory notices relating to the closure of New Brompton College; (ii) delegate authority to the Director of Children and Adults, in consultation with Portfolio Holder for Children's Services, to determine whether to approve the closure proposals at the end of the statutory consultation period, if no objections are received; (iii) delegate authority to the Director of Children and Adults, in consultation with Portfolio Holder for Children's Services, to pursue the necessary steps to establish a co-educational academy of eight forms of entry and a sixth form on the existing site admitting students aged 11 - 19 from 1 September 2010 (subject to no decisions being taken committing the Council to any course of action until and unless the Council has approved the closure proposal).

67/2009 The Cabinet agreed to consult on the opening of a new school and to apply to the Secretary of State for consent to make proposals to amalgamate Delce Infant and Delce Junior by closing both schools and opening a new single primary school on the sites of Delce Infant and Delce Junior schools in September 2012 and to publish such proposals if the consent of the Secretary of State is given.
68/2009 The Cabinet agreed to consult on the closure of St Peter's Infant School and the relocation of the existing pupils to neighbouring schools in August 2010.
69/2009 The Cabinet agreed to consult on the opening of a new school and to apply to the Secretary of State for consent to make proposals to amalgamate Twydall Infant and Twydall Junior by closing both schools and opening a new primary school on the two existing schools' sites in September 2011 and to publish such proposals if the consent of the Secretary of State is given.
70/2009 The Cabinet agreed to consult on the amalgamation of Oaklands Infant and Oaklands Junior by closing one school and making prescribed alterations to the other school so as to create a single primary school on the existing site in September 2012.
71/2009 The Cabinet agreed to consult on the amalgamation of Thames View Infant and Thames View Junior schools by closing one school and making prescribed alterations to the other school so as to create a single primary school on the two existing schools' sites in April 2012.
72/2009 The Cabinet agreed to consult on the amalgamation of Lordswood Infant and Lordswood Junior schools by closing one school and making prescribed alterations to the other school so as to create a single primary school on the two existing schools' sites in September 2010.
73/2009 The Cabinet agreed to consult on the closure of Ridge Meadow Primary School in August 2010 and the relocation of the existing pupils to neighbouring schools, principally Oaklands and Wayfield.
74/2009 The Cabinet agreed to consult on the closure of St John's Infant School in August 2010 and the relocation of existing pupils to neighbouring schools.
75/2009 The Cabinet agreed to consult on the opening of a new school and to apply to the Secretary of State for consent to make proposals to amalgamate St Nicholas and All Faiths by closing both schools and opening a new school on the All Faiths site with additional accommodation provided through the Medway Primary Capital Programme (MPCP) at All Faiths and to publish such proposals if the consent of the Secretary of State is given. The amalgamation would take place once new accommodation has been built.
76/2009 The Cabinet agreed to explore the possibility of amalgamating Barnsole Infant and Barnsole Junior schools by closing one school and making prescribed alterations to the other school so as to create a single primary school in new buildings on a new site.
77/2009 The Cabinet agreed to consult on the opening of a new school  ...  view the full decision text for item 2.

81/2009 The Cabinet noted the potential of the Sustainable Communities Act as a tool to improve the sustainability of local communities in Medway but reaffirmed the current measures already in place to achieve many of those aims as set out in the report.
82/2009 The Cabinet agreed to review the experience of others in implementing the Sustainable Communities Act and to consider its use in Medway in the light of lessons learned once schemes have been put into practice elsewhere.

79/2009 The Cabinet authorised the Director of Children and Adult Services, in consultation with the Portfolio Holder for Children's Services, to publish formal proposals including statutory notices, relating to the change of age range of: a) Greenvale Infant School, Chatham and: b) Abbey Court School, Rainhamin each case to permit admission of children from the age of 3 years with effect from September 2009.
80/2009 The Cabinet agreed to delegate authority to the Director of Children and Adult Services, in consultation with the Portfolio Holder for Children's Services, to determine whether to approve the proposals at the end of the statutory consultation period, if no objections are received.

84/2009 The Cabinet agreed that the contracts are awarded to the following companies as detailed in the exempt appendix: a) Window Cleaning - Grade One Services b) Public Toilet Cleaning - Superclean Services c) Corporate Building Cleaning - Superclean Services.

83/2009 The Cabinet agreed to unfreeze the following posts, as detailed in Appendix 1 to the report, to enable officers to commence the recruitment process:Business Support a) ICT Desktop Services Equipment Engineer.