Permission to proceed with statutory consultation to close the city’s designated specialist resourced provision for deaf and hearing impaired children at Cottingley Primary Academy and open a provision for the same need at Moor Allerton Hall Primary School.
Decision type: Key
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Wards affected: Roundhay;
Notice of proposed decision first published: 24/07/2013
Decision due: 4 Sep 2013 by Executive Board
Lead director: Director of Children's Services
Department: Children's Services
Contact: Tony Bowyer, Sensory Service Lead Email: tony.bowyer@leeds.gov.uk Tel: 0113 3957498.
Consultation process
Under the Education and Inspections Act 2006 these proposals constitute prescribed alterations requiring a statutory consultation process. The first step of this process is a public consultation which would run from 16th September 2013 to 25th October 2013.
There would be on-going consultation with key stakeholders as appropriate, throughout the development of the provision.
Consultees
· Staff, governors and families of Moor Allerton
· Local councillors and local residents in the areas surrounding the schools concerned
· Parents of profoundly deaf children in Leeds City Council National Deaf Children’s Society and Leeds Deaf Children’s Society
· Children’s Hearing Services Working Group
Portfolio Holder: Executive Member for Children's Services