Agenda item

Recommendations

1.     That having undertaken the required preliminary checks, the Executive resolves that the four key issues listed above in paragraph 7.3 have been satisfied and there can be a determination of the proposals.

2.     The following proposal be determined:

* To add provision for Special Educational Needs in the form of Targeted Mainstream Provision at Norton Community Primary School.

* To add provision for Special Educational Needs in the form of Targeted Mainstream Provision at Dishforth Airfield Community Primary School.

Considered a report by the Corporate Director Children and Young People’s Service in respect of proposals to add provision for Special Educational Needs in the form of Targeted Mainstream Provision at Norton Community Primary School and Dishforth Airfield Community Primary School.

Resolved (unanimously), having undertaken the required preliminary checks, that:

       i.         the four key issues in paragraph 7.3 of the report have been satisfied and there can be a determination of the proposals.

     ii.         The following proposal be determined:

·       To add provision for Special Educational Needs in the form of Targeted Mainstream Provision at Norton Community Primary School.

·       To add provision for Special Educational Needs in the form of Targeted Mainstream Provision at Dishforth Airfield Community Primary School.

Reason for recommendations

In 2020 the Local Authority launched the first phase of Targeted Mainstream Provisions. The focus for each being either Communication and Interaction (C&I) or Social and Emotional Mental Health (SEMH). The provision at Norton Community Primary School will support up to 8 full time pupils with communication and interaction (C&I) needs.  The provision at Dishforth Airfield Community Primary School will support up to 8 full time pupils with Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) needs.

The Council’s SEND Strategic Plan, adopted in September 2018, set out the model of targeted SEN provision to be commissioned by the council in mainstream schools. This model remains part of more recent plans including the SEND Capital Investment Programme agreed in 2023.  The implementation will have an impact upon the identified gap between mainstream and special school provision and provide families with an additional option.