County Council

Please ask for: Freedom of Information Tel: 01604 236653 Mr T Hyatt Our ref: FR2394 By E-Mail – request-55046- Your ref: [email protected] Date: 17th December 2010

Dear Mr Hyatt

Information Request: FR2394

Thank you for your Freedom of Information request dated 16th December 2010. Your request has been dealt with under the Freedom of Information Act and is detailed below in italics with our response in bold.

(Please note the extract below has been taken directly from your original information request and is unedited).

Our Response

The Freedom of Information Team have been provided with the following information in response to your recent request on behalf of Northamptonshire County Council (NCC).

I would like to make a request for the following information regarding the Building Schools for the Future (BSF) and Academy programmes.

1) Which schools and academies in your area are either undergoing redevelopment as a result of the BSF and Academy programmes or will do in the future, listing which are confirmed to be going ahead either currently or in the future and which are awaiting a review before they can be confirmed. If all BSF/Academy developments in your area have been cancelled due to the spending cuts, then this is all I need to be informed of and you can disregard the following requested details.

The former Ise Community College and Henry Gotch Primary School are undoing redevelopment as Kettering Science Academy.

The former Montagu School, Avondale Infant School and Avondale Junior School are to under go redevelopment as Kettering Buccleuch Academy.

The former Unity College is to have some refurbishment as Academy.

Northamptonshire County Council County Hall PO Box 136 , NN1 1AT w. www.northamptonshire.gov.uk t. 01604 236653 f. 01604 237004 e. [email protected]

2) The start and completion dates for the building works on each school and academy, with attention paid to make sure that these are up-to-date as I understand that the estimated start and completion dates may well have changed since the BSF and Academy spending cuts in July/August.

Kettering Science Academy started on site on 18th October 2010 the project completion date is 15th February 2013.

Kettering Buccleuch Academy is anticipated to start on site on 9th May 2011 the project completion date is 23rd August 2013.

Malcolm Arnold Academy is in the early stages of planning, however at present we anticipate a start on site towards the end of June 2011 with completion being December 2011.

3) The main building contractor and architect which you have awarded each school to. If this decision has not yet been made for certain schools, then the expected date when you plan to make your decision on this.

The main building contractor for all of the academy projects will be Willmott Dixon Construction. The architects for Kettering Science Academy and Kettering Buccleuch Academy are Nicholas Hare Architects LLP. The architects for Malcolm Arnold Academy are Gotch Saunders and Surridge.

The disclosure to you of the enclosed information does not give you a right to reproduce or publish such information without the express permission of the County Council or any other owners of the copyright therein.

If you are unhappy with the response, you can ask the Council to review it. To do this please write to the address below:

Steve Tinkler Head of Audit and Risk Management Northamptonshire County Council P.O. Box 136 County Hall Northampton NN1 1AT

If our internal review does not resolve the issue to your complete satisfaction, you have the right to apply to the information Commissioner for a decision at the following address:

Information Commissioner Wycliffe House Water Lane Wilmslow Cheshire SK9 5AF

Or, if you have any complaints in respect of your information request please complete the on-line comments form that can be found at www.northamptonshire.gov.uk, along with a full set of guidance.

Yours sincerely

Diana Ingman Internal Audit and Risk Management Senior Freedom of Information/Data Protection Officer E-Mail- [email protected]