Issue - meetings

Report ED13030

The Portfolio Holder introduced a report summarising the outcomes from the consultation undertaken on the proposal to expand The Glebe School to admit 16 additional children with Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD) at Year 7 each year from September 2014.

The consultation for the proposed permanent expansion of the school had run from 11^th January to 15^th February 2013, and produced 36 responses which were largely supportive of the proposals.  The Governing Body also supported the proposed changes to school organisation, as did the School Council, which accepted the reasons for expansion and the subsequent increased student numbers but expressed a number of concerns that would be addressed by the school on an ongoing basis. 

RESOLVED that the Portfolio Holder be recommended to:

1)  Note Members’ comments regarding the outcome of the consultation;

2)  Agree the permanent expansion proposed to take effect from 1^st September 2014; and,

3)  Authorise Officers to undertake the formal statutory processes for the permanent expansion of a school.