Agenda item

Special School Designation Review

Minutes:

Councillor Jon Taylor (Cabinet Member for Education, Skills and Transformation) introduced a report on the Special School Designation Review.  Following a short debate Cabinet agreed –

 

1.     to re-designate all special schools to ‘complex needs’from 1 September 2019. In addition to this, each school is described through a general and a specific criterion.  Each of the specific criteria reflects the current designation of each special school, but provides description to support work to match pupils to the most appropriate special school;

2.     to proceed with the SEND Review of education provision 2018-21 and the associated implementation plan for 2018-2021.  This includes a planned review of capacity within Special Schools as identified; 

3.     the capital plan projects for SEND to be presented to City Council Investment Board when feasibility studies have been completed.

 

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