Decision details

Recommendations from the Special Educational Needs and/or Disability (SEND) High Needs Strategic Review - Specialist Provision Capital Fund

Decision Maker: Cabinet

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: Yes

Is subject to call in?: No

Purpose:

All Local Authorities must carry out a high quality collaborative review of their high needs provision to evaluate current provision for children and young people in Kirklees with complex Special Educational Needs and/or Disability (SEND).

The report details information gathered during the review, both by analysing data and by public consultation, to evaluate current provision and to determine how potential future capital funding could best be used to improve sustainable specialist provision on offer in Kirklees.

The report requests approval to submit proposals to the DfE to show how improvements will be implemented and to draw down the £1m capital funding available.

Decision:

That the recommendations within the report for the allocation of the £1million of capital funds to the projects involving Ravenshall School, Newsome High School and Honley High School, be approved.

Report author: Mandy Cameron

Publication date: 22/03/2018

Date of decision: 20/03/2018

Decided at meeting: 20/03/2018 - Cabinet

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