Decision details

Background Information:

In 2016 it was agreed that Whitfield Aspen Primary School would be expanded by 1FE taking the school to 3FE across two sites. Ultimately the school will expand to 4FE. This was to support new housing within the Whitfield Urban Expansion.

Whitfield Aspen Primary School hosts a specialist resource provision (SRP) for pupils with Profound, Severe and Complex Needs (PSCN). It is the sole provision for primary aged pupils of this need type in the District. As part of the 2016 proposal, it was agreed to increase the designated number to 96 places. Since that time further places have been commissioned to support the demand for primary PSCN provision across the District. As of January 2019, there were 110 pupils on roll in SRP. We now need to regularise the current position and increase the designated number to 112 in order to comply with legislation.

There is sufficient classroom space to accommodate the pupils within the present main site, and once opened, the satellite site.

As Cabinet Member for Children, Young People and Education, I have noted the commissioning intentions for SEN provision as outlined in the paper and agree to authorise the Corporate Director of Children, Young People and Education to issue Public Notice to increase the designated number of the Aspen Specialist Resource Provision at Whitfield Aspen Primary School from 96 to 112 places.