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Determination of Proposal to Establish SEND Resource Provision at Marshside Primary School, Southport

 

 

Meeting: 23/05/2024 - Cabinet (Item 6)

6 Determination of Proposal to Establish SEND Resource Provision at Marshside Primary School, Southport pdf icon PDF 413 KB

Report of the Assistant Director of Children's Services (Education)

Minutes:

The Cabinet considered the report of the Executive Director for Children’s Social Care and Education seeking a determination on the proposal to establish a SEN Unit at Marshside Primary School. The Public Notices and the Proposal for Establishing SEND Resource Bases were attached to the report at Appendix A.

 

Decisions Made:

 

That the proposal as detailed in the statutory notice to establish a SEN UNIT at Marshside Primary School with effect from 1 September 2024 be approved.

 

Reasons for the Decisions:

 

The local authority had the power to consider all options including expanding a school following the statutory process detailed in the report.

 

The proposal would build on the good standards for teaching and learning already in place at the school. The development would provide places for children and young people with SEND within the SEN Unit. Marshside Primary School had been judged by Ofsted to be providing good quality education.

 

The development would not have any negative impact on other schools, academies, and educational institutions in the area.

 

The proposed SEN Unit would not replace existing provision but would supplement and improve provision across the borough.

 

The addition of the SEN Unit to the school would not have a direct impact on admissions or provision at other schools within the area.

 

Long-term value for money would be achieved by pupils having their needs met within appropriate mainstream provision with specialist support rather than in special school provision. This would free special school places for pupils with the highest level of needs and provide the opportunity to place high need pupils within the borough, rather than in out-of-borough provision.

 

Alternative Options Considered and Rejected:

 

Failure to provide sufficient places for children with Special Education Needs and Disability (SEND) in the borough would result in additional costs for the Council through more expensive specialist placements.