Decision details

Provision of New SEND School Places

Decision Maker: Cabinet

Decision status: Approved

Is Key decision?: Yes

Is subject to call in?: Yes

Purpose:

The Cabinet will be presented with a report on the increased demand for school places for pupils with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) and will be asked to approve proposals relating to the permanent establishment of new Additional Resource Provision and also the expansion of current provision at a number of schools in the borough, with effect from January 2022. 

Decision:

Cabinet resolved to:

 

(i)  Agree the permanent establishment of seven new Additionally Resourced Provisions (ARPs) at the following schools:

 

Name of School

Total number of places

Type of need

Ripple Primary School Suffolk Road Site

12

Complex and Moderate Learning Difficulties

Ripple Primary School Westbury Road

12

Autistic Spectrum Condition

Rose Lane Primary School

12

Autistic Spectrum Condition

Barking Abbey

Longbridge Road

15

Complex and Moderate Learning Difficulties

Eastbrook Primary School

24

Autistic Spectrum Condition

Becontree Primary School

12

Autistic Spectrum Condition

Dorothy Barley Infant School

8

Complex and Moderate Learning Difficulties

 

(ii)  Agree the expansion of the following three ARPs as detailed below:

 

Name of School

Total number of additional places

Type of need

Barking Abbey School

Sandringham Road

18 places

Autistic Spectrum Condition

Eastbury Primary School

2 places

Hearing Impairment

Dagenham Park School

10 places

Complex and Moderate Learning Difficulties

 

(iii)  Agree the closure of the ARP at Eastbrook Secondary School for pupils with social, emotional and mental health disorders in light of the new provision at Eastbrook Primary School and future additional provision at Pathways Special School.

Report author: Andrew Carr

Publication date: 17/11/2021

Date of decision: 16/11/2021

Decided at meeting: 16/11/2021 - Cabinet

Effective from: 25/11/2021

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