Issue - meetings

To consider the report of the Director of Children’s Services detailing the outcome of a consultation exercise regarding a proposal to cease complex SEMH provision under the West Oaks SEN Specialist School and College (Oakwood Lane site) and providing for these needs under The Wellspring Academy Trust. In addition, the report seeks permission to publish a statutory notice in respect of such proposals. 

Further to Minute No. 93, 18^th November 2015, the Director of Children’s Services submitted a report detailing the outcome of a consultation exercise regarding a proposal to cease to provide complex SEMH (Social, Emotional and Mental Health) provision under the West Oaks SEN (Special Educational Needs) Specialist School and College (Oakwood Lane site) and providing for those needs under The Wellspring Academy Trust. Furthermore, the report sought permission to publish a statutory notice in respect of such proposals. 

RESOLVED –

(a)  That the publication of a Statutory Notice to cease to provide behaviour, emotional and social difficulty (BESD) provision under the governance of the West Oaks SEN Specialist School and College (Oakwood Lane site) from 31 August 2016, be approved. (This is conditional on the conversion of the existing BESD Specialist Inclusive Learning Centre (SILC) into a 4 – 19 SEMH sponsored academy. The provision at the Oakwood Lane site would become part of the new academy from 1 September 2016. If the academy conversion is not in place, then the provision would continue at Oakwood Lane under the governance of West Oaks SEN Specialist School and College).

(b)  That it be noted that the officer responsible for the implementation of such matters is the Head of Learning Systems.