Under Section 14 of
the Education Act 1996, Coventry City Council has a statutory duty
to ensure sufficient school places and fair, appropriate access to
education for all. It is the Council’s role to plan,
commission and organise school places in a way that raises
standards, manages supply and demand and creates a diverse
infrastructure. It is the local authority’s statutory duty to
secure a sufficiency of appropriate education places for children
and young people with Special Education Needs and Disabilities
(SEND).
The Local Authority has a
statutory duty to consult under the Government’s guidelines
for changes to maintained schools. The ‘Proposal for the
Relocation of Woodfield Primary and Secondary Schools –
Information for Schools and Parents/Carers’ leaflet gives you the information you
need to have your say on the proposals. You can find this in the
supporting documents below.
Coventry has a good range of specialist school provision and so
very few Coventry children have to attend schools outside of the
city, a position that needs to be maintained. However, recent
evidenced growth in need has placed a level of demand on the
special school system that exceeds current supply. Whilst the
recent expansion and relocation of Tiverton Special School created
much needed capacity in the primary sector for children with
generic learning difficulties, there is no physical capacity in the
system to support: SEMH growth across all age ranges; increased
demand for secondary/post-16 special school places for generic
learning difficulties; and ASC growth across all age
ranges.
This consultation period runs from 19th November to 31st December
2018, which is the deadline for responses.
At the end of this survey, you have the option to provide your
comments. If you have any other questions or concerns, please
contact education.consultations@coventry.gov.uk. Please note, any
responses to the consultation to this inbox may result in your
response not being counted.
The survey is here and the proposals are in the
leaflet attached
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being carried out by Coventry City Council, in line with the Data
Protection Act 1998. The data controller is Coventry City Council.
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City Council officers to help with reviewing the proposal of the
relocation of Woodfield Primary and Secondary Schools. We may share
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Supporting documents