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Bradfields School, Chatham - Consultation on Prescribed Alterations

 

 

Meeting: 02/08/2011 - Cabinet (Item 7)

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Minutes:

Background:

 

This report provided details to seek approval to proceed to public consultation on the proposal to make prescribed alterations to Bradfields Community Special School by way of an expansion of the upper and lower age limits, an addition to the Special Educational Needs categories and an increase in the number of pupils. The report set out the background to the school noting that the sixth form of Bradfields would relocate from its current base of Brompton Academy to the former Ridge Meadow site from September 2011.

 

The proposals included the alteration of the age range to 3-25, to increase the categories provided for to include Severe Learning Difficulties (SLD) and to increase the number of pupils who can attend the school by up to 40.

 

The report set out the timetable for the statutory consultation process.

 

Decision number:

 

Decision:

93/2011

The Cabinet agreed to proceed to a period of public consultation to allow views to be expressed on the proposal to make prescribed alterations to Bradfields Community Special School, which would result in an alteration to the upper and lower age range limits from 11-19 currently, to 3-25 for children and young people with Moderate Learning Difficulties (MLD), Severe Learning Difficulties (SLD) and Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD), and an increase in the number of pupils provided for. It is proposed to implement the alterations on or before 1 September 2012.

 

Reasons:

 

The Council is required to consult on the proposals in accordance with the School Organisation (Prescribed Alterations to Maintained Schools) (England) Regulations 2007.