Issue - meetings

To consider the report of the Director of Children and Families on the outcome of a statutory notice published under the Education and Inspections Act 2006 and in accordance with the School Organisation (Prescribed Alterations to Maintained Schools) (England) Regulations 2013 regarding a proposal to establish a 12 place Resource Provision for pupils with complex communication difficulties including Autistic Spectrum Condition at St. Margaret’s Church of England Primary School, and which seeks a final decision in respect of that proposal.

Further to Minute No. 127, 10^th February 2021, the Director of Children and Families submitted a report presenting the outcomes from the statutory notice published under the Education and Inspections Act 2006 and in accordance with the School Organisation (Prescribed Alterations to Maintained Schools) (England) Regulations 2013 regarding a proposal to establish a 12 place Resource Provision for pupils with complex communication difficulties including Autistic Spectrum Condition at St. Margaret’s Church of England Primary School, and which sought a final decision in respect of that proposal.

RESOLVED –

(a)  That the proposal to establish a 12 place Resource Provision for pupils with complex communication difficulties including Autistic Spectrum Condition (ASC) at St. Margaret’s Church of England Primary School in Horsforth with effect from September 2021, be approved;

(b)  That approval be given to exempt the resolutions arising from the submitted report, as detailed within this minute from the Call In process for the reasons as set out in paragraph 4.5.2 of that report;

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

(The Council’s Executive and Decision Making Procedure Rules state that a decision may be declared as being exempt from the Call In process by the decision taker if it is considered that the matter is urgent and any delay would seriously prejudice the Council’s, or the public’s interests. In line with this, the resolutions contained within this minute were exempted from the Call In process, as per resolution (b) above, and for the reasons as detailed within section 4.5.2 of the submitted report)