Issue - meetings

To consider the report.

The Chairman of the Board for Dorset Centre of Excellence introduced the report, which set out the operational progress made and the successes of the school since the previous update in March 2023.

Officers responded to Members’ comments and requests for clarification, details included:

• There was huge promise for the leisure offering and many approaches were now being made to the school, particularly from two of the local swimming schools, both of whom were looking to commence using the swimming pool on-site from June onwards.
• The open day recruitment event that had recently been held was focussed towards recruiting a range of staff members across the board, which had proved to be very successful and had resulted in several teaching assistants, as well as teachers, being recruited. As this event had been successful, it would be repeated together with looking at additional marketing opportunities for recruitment.

The Chairman thanked the DCoE team for their comprehensive report which drew out the issues and set out the progress that had been made.

Noted