(i) To note the outcome of statutory consultation as set out in Appendix 1 of this report and the associated documents in the Members’ Rooms.
(ii) To approve the following statutory proposals for changes to SEN provision in the city’s secondary schools:
a) Chamberlayne College for the Arts (Foundation School): To add a 12 place Physical Learning Difficulties Centre for boys and girls aged 11 to 16 from 1st September 2013.
b) Upper Shirley High School (Foundation School): To add a 12 place Visual Impairment Learning Centre for boys and girls aged 11 to 16 from 1st September 2013.
c) St George Catholic College (Voluntary Aided School): To add a 10 place Learning Difficulties Learning Centre for boys aged 11 to 16 from 1st September 2013.
d) Cantell Maths and Computing College (Community School): To change the type of existing SEN provision from providing 20 places for pupils with Specific Learning Difficulties to providing 10 places for pupils with a range of Learning Difficulties from 1st September 2011. The resultant Learning Centre will provide places for boys and girls aged 11 to 16 years.
To approve the following modified proposals:
e) Bitterne Park School (Community School): To add a 15 place Autistic Spectrum Disorder Learning Centre for boys and girls aged 11 to 18 years from 1st September 2013 (modified age range). Bitterne Park will have acquired a Sixth Form by September 2013, so the change in age range from 11 – 16 as originally published for the Learning Centre to 11 – 18 reflects this.
f) The Sholing Technology College (Community School): To add a 10 place Behavioural, Emotional and Social Difficulties Support Learning Centrefor vulnerable pupils for boys and girls aged 11 to 16 from 1st September 2015 (modified unit name). Previously referred to in the 7 September 2009 Report as a Nurture Learning Centre and in statutory notices as a Learning centre for emotionally vulnerable pupils.
(iii) To delegate authority to the Executive Director of Children’s Services and Learning, following consultation with the Cabinet Member for Children’s Services, to do anything necessary to give effect to the recommendations in this report.
(iv) To delegate authority to the Solicitor to the Council to take any action necessary to comply with the requirements of the School Standards and frameworks Act 1998 and associated legislation, and compliance with statutory representation procedures, to give effect to the recommendations in this report.