New School Competition Notice, April 2010

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Competition to provide a new secondary school in the north of the Borough

A Competition Notice to seek proposals for a new secondary school in the north of the Borough was issued on 23 April 2010. This replaces the Competition Notice issued on 16 April 2010 which has been withdrawn. The outline specification for the new school is outlined in the Invitation to Bid Complete Proposal attached below. In summary, this is for a co-educational, non-selective school for 11-19 year olds on the North Kingston Centre site.

This follows a statutory consultation which took place between 15 January and 26 February 2010 which sought views on providing a new secondary school in the north of the Borough.

The Public Notice, which is an extract of the complete proposal, was published in the Times Education Supplement and the Surrey Comet on 23 April 2010. Flyers and posters were circulated by the Office of Public Management (OPM) and can be seen below.

The deadline for proposals was 23 August 2010 and a second notice outlining proposals received was published within three weeks of this date.

A proposers seminar arranged by the Office of Public Management (OPM) was held on 18 May 2010. This provided an opportunity for prospective promoters to hear from the Royal Borough of Kingston and OPM about the proposal and to consider whether they wished to submit a bid. A copy of the presentation given, a report summarising the seminar (with questions and answers) and a list of attendees have been attached below.

Following the recent government decision to end the Building Schools for the Future Programme, the Local Authority has put its case to the Secretary of State regarding the need for additional places in the borough including the provision of a new school in the north of the Borough. Due to the pressure on secondary school places from 2015 we are hopeful that forthcoming announcements on future funding will be favourable to Kingston. In the meantime, the Local Authority is continuing with the Competition Process and is considering all alternative funding that may be available.

The full news item relating to the end of Kingston’s Building Schools for the Future programme can be found at the link on this page (under 'Building Schools for the Future - latest news').

Potential proposers were advised that OPM are no longer contracted by the Department for Education to support this school competition. All enquiries about the competition should therefore be made directly to the Local Authority.

We have also attached below further backgrond information published by the Local Authority.