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Welcome and Housekeeping
The Chair to welcome attendees to the
meeting and outline basic housekeeping and fire safety
arrangements.
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Apologies for Absence
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Exclusion of Press and Public
To identify items where resolutions may be
moved to exclude the press and public
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Declarations of Interest PDF 129 KB
Members to declare any interests they have in
the business to be considered at the meeting
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School to Pool PDF 294 KB
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Decision:
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School to Pool transport
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5.1
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The report sought approval to commission a new
School to Pool framework contract, from September 2022 to August
2026, at an estimated value of £230k per annum; to provide a
transport service to the council for the carriage of children to
and from their school to a swimming pool for swimming lessons.
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5.2
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RESOLVED UNANIMOUSLY: That the
Education, Children and Families Urgency Sub-Committee:-
(i) agrees to continue to commission school to
pool services and does so by procuring a new school-to-pool
framework contract for a period of four years.
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5.3
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Reasons for
Decision
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5.3.1
5.3.2
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The current arrangements are due to expire,
and if the Council is to continue to make this service available to
schools, new arrangements will be required from September 2022.
There is no legal requirement for the Council
to provide this service. It is a fully traded service that the
service chooses to offer to schools to support their legal
obligations under part 6 of the Education Act 2002, Education
(National Curriculum) (Attainment Targets and Programmes of Study)
(England) Order 2013/2232 and the National Curriculum in England,
Framework Document, to deliver swimming to pupils by the end of Key
Stage 2. School swimming also contributes to the Council’s
One Year Plan ambitions, to support young people in Sheffield to
enable them to develop and flourish; to provide access to a wide
range of educational opportunities for young people to achieve
their full potential; to support Covid recovery for young
people.
It was recommended that the council procures a
new school-to pool contract framework contract for a period of four
years because:
- The market for the contract is
limited so it is hoped that a four-year term will attract multiple external
suppliers.
- It will provide the service with
opportunities to run multiple competitions throughout the life of
the contract i.e if the service uses a new pool, the timetable
changes.
- It will provide the service with the
right to withdraw from the contract i.e. no longer require
transport for a certain pool.
- The price for transport would be
cheaper per run than a school sourcing their own private hire,
meaning schools can prioritise buying swimming to meet the needs of
their pupils.
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5.4
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Alternatives
Considered and Rejected
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5.4.1
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In house delivery with the Council’s
Transport Service was considered. This was rejected because the
service does not have the required high passenger capacity coaches
and is not able to provide coaches during their peak times at the
beginning and end of the school day.
Schools could source their own
transport as private hire. However this would be at a higher cost
per run and therefore have a direct impact on the number of
swimming lessons schools can purchase. There would also be Climate
implications, with a risk of multiple vehicles from multiple
companies travelling into and around the Clean Air Zone.
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