58 Ealing is the only case study in our sample undertaking the revised planning processes for Wave 4 onwards. It submitted its plans with only one month delay.
59 PfS has increased its scrutiny of Local Authority plans, to try to avoid some of the set backs experienced by early projects. It challenged Ealing's first draft plans on:
■ the affordability of its programme;
■ how Ealing would find a site for a new school or what contingency plan it had if it failed to do so;
■ choice and diversity aspects including the possibility of any of the schools having Trust or Academy status;
■ how Ealing would manage a difficult decant and integration of a Special Educational Needs school; and
■ how Ealing would resource its procurement and management of BSF.
60 Ealing wants to build a new school, but has not yet finalised the site. It predicts that it needs to provide 900 extra places for 11 to 16 year olds in the North of the Borough. Ealing will have to fund the purchase of land or acquire it through a planning deal. It originally planned to provide a new school in 2015, after it had developed the other schools. PfS challenged this on the basis that it would provide no contingency if the new school could not be developed.
61 Ealing has sold land to fund the costs of planning and procuring its BSF programme, which it estimates will be £5.2 million.