Issue - meetings

To seek Cabinet approval to carry out a 4 week non-statutory consultation to seek views of key stakeholders on proposals to decommission six transitional places at Headlands CE (VC) JI&N School for children with Autistic Spectrum Disorder.

Contact:  Mandy Cameron, Head of Education Inclusion & Safeguarding Tel:01484 221000

That authority be delegated to the Director of Children’s Services, in consultation with relevant Cabinet Members, to (i) develop consultation materials on the basis of the Local Authority proposals (ii) organise and carry out a non-statutory consultation about the proposals (iii) require officers to report the outcomes of the non-statutory consultation to Cabinet for further consideration of next steps and (iv) continue engagement already undertaken with the families of the two remaining children to ensure that their needs can continue to be met with minimum disruption.