Issue - meetings

[To consider the current position in relation to the resource base designated for pupils with Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) difficulties at Bushbury Hill Primary School and to seek approval to commence initial consultation on the proposal to remove this provision]

Cllr Claire Darke presented the report on the current position in relation to the resource base designated for pupils with Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) difficulties at Bushbury Hill Primary School.  Against the background of a number of challenges the school was facing Cabinet approval was sought to commence Initial Consultation on the proposal to remove this provision.  The proposal had the support of the School Governing Body and would allow the School to focus on meeting the existing challenges.

Resolved:

1.     That the commencement of a period of Initial Consultation on the proposed formal removal of the resource base at Bushbury Hill Primary School for pupils with Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) difficulties be approved.

2.     That authority be delegated to the Cabinet Member for Education, in consultation with the Director of Education, to consider the outcome of Initial Consultation on the proposed formal removal of the resource base at Bushbury Hill Primary School and to determine whether or not to proceed to Formal Consultation (Representation).