To establish a new Specialist Resource Provision for up to 20 students with an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) for autistic spectrum disorders (ASD) at The Judd School, Brook Street, Tonbridge TN9 2PN.
This will help to secure the ambition “to ensure that Kent’s young
people have access to the education, work and skills opportunities necessary
to support Kent business to grow and be increasingly competitive in the
national and international economy” as set out in ‘Increasing Opportunities,
Improving Outcomes: Kent County Council’s Strategic Statement (2015 -
2020)’.
The Commissioning Plan for Education Provision in Kent 2018-2022 sets out
how the County Council will carry out our responsibility for ensuring there are sufficient places of high quality, in the right places, for all learners, and this proposal supports that aim to provide sufficient places where they are needed.
The matter is referred to in the Business Plan/Medium Term Capital Programme.
Decision type: Key
Reason Key: Expenditure or savings of more than £1m;
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Division affected: Tonbridge;
Notice of proposed decision first published: 03/05/2018
Decision due: Not before 31st May 2018 by Leader and Cabinet Member for Health Reform
Reason: in order that the proposed decision can be published for a minimum of 28 days, in accordance with statutory requirements
Lead member: Leader and Cabinet Member for Health Reform
Lead director: Keith Abbott
Department: Education & Young People's Services
Contact: Jared Nehra, Area Education Officer - West Kent 03000 412209 Email: jared.nehra@kent.gov.uk.
Consultees
15 January 2018 - the Commissioning Plan for Education Provision 2018-22 was endorsed by the Children’s, Young People and Education Cabinet Committee.
In accordance with the Department for Education’s Statutory Guidance (April 2016): Making ‘prescribed alterations’ to maintained schools, there is a need to undertake a formal statutory consultation process.
An Education consultation will be completed prior to the cabinet committee. Further information is available on the School Consultation webpage:
www.kent.gov.uk/schoolconsultations
The results of the consultation were reported to the Children’s, Young People and Education Cabinet Committee at its meeting on 8 May 2018, and the proposed decision was endorsed.
The local members for Tonbridge are Richard Long and Michael Payne. However, The Judd’s selection process combined with the special nature of the ASD support offered by the new SRP means that students could come from across the county.
Financial implications: The costs to this project will be outlined in the report that will be considered by the Children’s, Young People and Education Cabinet Committee.
Legal implications: Any legal implications will be identified in the report to the Leader before he takes his decision to agree the capital expenditure required to provide the school with additional accommodation.
Equalities implications: An Equality Impact Assessment will be produced and will be accessible on line via the following link: www.kent.gov.uk/schoolconsultations