To consider a report of the Executive Member for Education and Corporate Director, Children and Young People Service. 

The Executive Member for Education and Corporate Director, Children and Young People submitted a report setting out proposals arising from a major review seeking to redesign provision for children and young people with special educational needs (SEN) in Trafford. In response to Members’ queries, it was agreed that a definition of “Special Educational Needs” would be provided outside the meeting.

RESOLVED: That the Executive:

(1)       Approves the principle of the establishment of 19-25 provision for young people with SEN in conjunction with Trafford College as set out in the report and notes that a further report will be presented to the Executive when detailed proposals have been developed.

(2)       Approves the principle of the relocation of Brentwood School to the Cherry Manor site and authorises officers to carry out the required statutory consultation and notes that a further report will be presented to Executive following the statutory consultation process.

(3)       Approves the principle of creating a new provision for 11-18 year olds in Trafford with Autism as set out in the report.  Further work is required to identify an appropriate site, governance arrangements and capital costs associated.  A report will be presented to Executive when the detailed proposal has been developed.

(4)       Approves the principle of the establishment of the proposed model of geographic specialist hubs for primary provision (2-11) as set out in the report and authorises officers to submit a capital bid to the Department for Education to fund the proposed development of an additional primary special school in the north of the borough.  In the event that capital funding is secured authority is given to officers to progress to statutory consultations as required.  The Executive notes that further reports will be brought to Executive following statutory consultations.

(5)       Approves the relocation of the KS3 and KS4 PRU’s onto the Woodsend site from September 2013.

(6)       Approves the extension of provision at Egerton School to include post-16 and authorises officers to move to formal consultation to redesignate the school and notes that a further report will be presented to Executive following formal consultation.

(7)       Approves the principle of establishing a virtual special school in Trafford as described in section 5.7 of the report and notes that a pilot will be run during the 2013-14 academic year and that a report will be presented to Executive following evaluation of the pilot.