Decision details

The Cabinet will be asked to consider proposals for the establishment of an additional resource provision at Monteagle Primary School for pupils with statements of Special Educational Needs from the start of the Spring Term 2012

The Cabinet Member for Children and Education presented a report on the proposal to establish an Additionally Resourced Provision (ARP) at Monteagle Primary School for pupils with statements of Special Educational Needs with a diagnosis of Asperger’s Syndrome. 

The Cabinet Member advised on the benefits of the proposal, which included the provision of local, specialist places within a mainstream school setting, considerable savings on out-of-borough placements and improved access to specialist staff, and confirmed that the new service would commence from the start of the 2012 Spring term.

Cabinet agreed the establishment of an ARP at Monteagle Primary School as detailed in the report.