This report will provide an update on the high needs Safety Valve funding and seek authority to progress plans to create additional specialist places to support the needs of children with special educational needs.
Decision type: Key
Reason Key: Affects 2 or more wards;
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Wards affected: (All Wards);
Notice of proposed decision first published: 22/06/2022
Decision due: 26 Jul 2022 by Cabinet
Lead member: Councillor Viv Kendrick, Cabinet Member - Children' Services (Statutory Responsibility for Children) viv.kendrick@kirklees.gov.uk
Lead director: Tom Brailsford, Jo-Anne Sanders
Department: Children (stat)
Contact: Kelsey Clark-Davies, Head of Inclusion & Educational Safeguarding 01484 221000 Email: Kelsey.Clark-Davies@Kirklees.gov.uk, Martin Wilby, Head of Education Places and Access Email: martin.wilby@kirklees.gov.uk, John Bartlett, Head of Commercial Services Email: John.bartlett@kirklees.gov.uk.
Consultation process
A non-Statutory consultation on establishing Additionally Resourced Provision will take place in June/July 2022.
All stakeholders will be able to participate including the school system, parents and Ward Councillors.
Details of what the consultation will be: Non-Statutory consultation on establishing Additionally Resourced Provision at named school will take place in June/July 2022
Members/Officers Involved: Councillors Carole Pattison, Portfolio Holder for Learning, Aspiration & Communities and Viv Kendrick for Children