[Note: Councillors Anstee and Cornes each declared a Personal Interest in respect of this item, in connection with their membership of the Nexus Education Centre Management Committee.]

The Executive Member for Education and Corporate Director, Children, Families & Wellbeing submitted a report seeking approval for key decisions in relation to the implementation of recommendations arising from the review of special educational needs provision (SEN) in March 2013.

            RESOLVED:

(1)       That approval be given to the establishment of a partnership with the Dunham Trust to develop a new primary specialist school on the proposed site in Lostock.

(2)       That agreement in principle be given to the Council contributing the land on a leasehold basis for the proposed school under the same arrangements that currently exist for other academies in Trafford subject to appropriate consultation in relation to the proposed site.

(3)       That approval be given to the full rebuild and relocation of Brentwood School to the Cherry Manor Site by September 2015, based on the financing options detailed in Section 5 of the report. 

(4)       That approval be given to the establishment of a partnership with a mainstream school to develop the proposed Secondary Autistic Spectrum Disorder centre in Trafford.

(5)       That approval be given to the delegation of the Medical Education Service to the Nexus Management Committee through a Service Level Agreement.