Award of Joint Contracts Tribunal (JCT) Building Contract in relation to the constructing a new building to provide Special Educational Needs (SEN) Secondary facilities on the existing Acre Wood Academy (previously Grove Park Primary School) site in Crowborough. The Secondary is relocating from its current shared site. The project will enable education provision for 60 pupils aged 2-16 with Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulties (PMLD), Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and Severe Learning Difficulties (SLD) in one location.
Decision type: Key
Reason Key: Expenditure > £500,000;
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Divisions affected: Crowborough North and Jarvis Brook; Crowborough South and St Johns;
Notice of proposed decision first published: 30/06/2025
Anticipated restriction: Part exempt - View reasons
Explanation of anticipated restriction:
There will be commercially sensitive information from the main building contractor included.
Decision due: 25 Sep 2025 by Lead Member for Resources and Climate Change
Lead member: Lead Member for Resources and Climate Change
Lead director: Chief Operating Officer
Department: Business Services
Contact: Nigel Brown, Assistant Director Property 07394 410630 Email: Nigel.Brown@eastsussex.gov.uk Tel: 07394 410630.