The
introduction of an Asset Management Plan (AMP) for the Education
Service is a strategy for the means and method by which decisions
about spending on school buildings and other educational
establishments are made and the way in which the
properties are managed.
Aims
To set out the
information needed and criteria used to make spending decisions on
school premises that will:
- Raise educational standards
- Be consistent with Local Agenda
- Reflect future ICT needs
- Increase community use of facilities
- Maximise value for money
- Ensure efficient and effective management of new and existing
capital assets
Objectives
- Provide an agreed basis for local decisions on spending
priorities and to link with other LEA Plans (e.g. Education
Development Plan, School Organisation Plan, Early Years Development
Plan)
- Help individual schools develop their plans by making the
decision making process on funding priorities transparent
- Help develop partnership projects such as Public Private
Partnership
- Provide assurance to stakeholders that capital projects are
soundly based and represent good value for money. This will need to
be fully complimentary with the Best Value initiative.
Scope
All maintained
sites are included - Community, Foundation and Voluntary schools
including Nurseries, Centres and unattached playing fields.
Responsibilities
The LEA will over
overall responsibility for preparation of the AMP through
consultation with Head Teachers, Governing Bodies and Diocesan
Bodies.
Schools will contribute to the development of AMP; act as the
responsible custodian of the premises and plan, budget and manage
projects for which they are responsible.
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