Issue - meetings

Recommendation –

i.        Executive approve the submission of an application for a new Special School as part of the DfE Special Free School Wave, to support young people with significant SEMH needs in the Hambleton / Richmondshire area.

Considered – A report of the Corporate Director - Children and Young People’s Service setting out the Department for Education (DfE) opening of a new Free School wave for local authorities to bid to develop new Free Special Schools.

County Councillor Annabel Wilkinson introduced the report and confirmed the expectation was that the wave would result in 60 schemes across the country being approved via a competitive application process.  She also drew attention to the assessment of how North Yorkshire could use the opportunity to secure some of the additional specialist provision, which was urgently required, in particular for a Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) provision in the Hambleton / Richmondshire area.

Having noted the report, the Executive had no questions and it was

Resolved – That the submission of an application for a new Special School as part of the DfE Special Free School Wave, to support young people with significant SEMH needs in the Hambleton / Richmondshire area be approved.