Hertfordshire County Council Education Panel - Outline Business Case presentation 11th June 2008

Hertfordshire County Council BSF – Update Renewed focus on an educational transformation programme £210m in Stevenage All secondary schools involved Schools ready for 21 st century –‘The first of something new not the best of the old’ School staff, governors and students engaged.

Hertfordshire County Council Outcomes of statutory review Six, 8FE mainstream schools –now 5 x 8fe, 1 x 7fe Closure of Heathcote –2012 Relocation of TAS to Great Ashby Co-location of Lonsdale and Greenside on mainstream sites Relocation of Valley school

Hertfordshire County Council The Educational Transformation Larger schools –Improved standards –Improved opportunities –Increased sustainability –Better value for money Partnership agreement –Trust schools –Town wide trust –Build upon 14 to 19 Extended school agenda Integrated Services Personalisation ICT development

Hertfordshire County Council The Outline Business Case Due for submission on 23 rd July after Cabinet approval on 21 st July –At this stage still under development Develop the plans for educational transformation into reality. Relates to corporate and CYPP objectives Sets out how the educational estate will be developed Sets out costs Affordability – funding streams (including negotiating abnormals) Identifies risks and strategies for dealing with them. Proposals for working arrangements with the LEP Timetable Strategy for leading and managing the change.

Hertfordshire County Council OBC Issues being developed at the moment Section 2 The Corporate Vision  Include Stevenage regeneration plans and Diocese vision. Strategic Overview  Increase emphasis placed on Francis Combe as first Hertfordshire academy Key Estates Priorities  Rewrite with extra emphasis placed on Francis Combe Section 3 Option Analysis and Feasibility  Rewrite to include extra emphasis on educational transformation, ICT and curriculum modelling Sample Schools  Rewrite with more emphasis on education and learning and SEN Sections  Some work from PWC now arrived Section 7  Rewrite with more emphasis on education and learning and impact upon the classroom.

Hertfordshire County Council The next stage - Procurement Local Education Partnership (LEP)

Hertfordshire County Council The plans for each site Marriotts/Lonsdale co-location and new build – a PFI scheme. Nobel, Barnwell, John Henry Newman, Barclay, Greenside, Valley all traditional design and build. Mixed new build, refurbishment and extensive remodelling. Thomas Alleyne School new build on new site at Great Ashby - a PFI scheme

Hertfordshire County Council Thomas Alleyne School Moving to Great Ashby –Purchase site –Planning permission Submission of supplementary OBC –Best case 2010 –Worst case 2012 Construction –Best case 2011 – 2012 –Worst case 2013 – 2014

Hertfordshire County Council Playing Fields Problems –Larger schools need larger fields –More school building removes green space from the town –Sport England concerns re provision. Solutions –Great Ashby –Bragbury End –Good provision  Sports halls,  Dance studios  All weather pitches and ‘mugas’,  Climbing walls,  Swimming pool.

Hertfordshire County Council Timescale

Hertfordshire County Council ICT plans Provision of and support for: Learning Platform including MIS, VLE and learning content Wide area network – linking to broadband service ICT for school administration network services: user account management; ; back-up; virus protection; Internet filtering and/or monitoring; curriculum software servers; video- conferencing; etc helpdesk anywhere, anytime access for all users refresh and sustainability Institutional infrastructure (School LAN) all users’ equipment: access devices; peripherals, etc. integration of legacy hardware and software technical support

Hertfordshire County Council Involving children Sorrell Foundation Day 1 Architectural design Day 2 Workshop Presentations Printed materials