1. APPROVE the funding arrangements and revised model for the continued delivery of the Specialist Teaching and Learning Service (STLS) beyond 31 August 2025 when the Service Level Agreements cease:
a. that funding for school age STLS will be funded from the high needs block of the Dedicated Schools Grant (DSG) and this funding will form part of the communities of schools budget for local decision making.
b. that funding for the early years STLS will be funded from the early years block for central services from the Dedicated Schools Grant (DSG)
c. change of delivery from commissioned provision to being managed in-house.
2. DELEGATE authority to the Corporate Director for Children, Young People and Education, to implement the revised Specialist Teaching Learning Service model.
3. DELEGATE authority to the Corporate Director for Children, Young People and Education, to enter into extensions to the existing Service Level Agreements as required to implement the transfer of STLS from a commissioned to an in-house service.
4. DELEGATE authority to the Corporate Director for Children, Young People and Education, to take other relevant actions, including but not limited to entering into relevant contracts or other legal agreements as required to implement this decision.