Decision details

At its meeting on 18 January 2018, the Cabinet authorised Officers to proceed to public consultation on proposals to extend and re-align special school and specialist resource base places.

This report summarises the views expressed during the consultation.

RESOLVED: that

1.     statutory notices be issued for the following schemes:

a) Increase the capacity of Ty Gwyn to allow for up to 198 places

Adapt part of the Trelai Youth Centre building, to provide three new classrooms for Ty Gwyn School and to connect the school and youth centre buildings.

b) Extend the age range of Greenhill from 11-16 to 11-19 and increase the capacity of the school to allow for up to 64 places. 

Adapt the unused caretaker house on the site to provide accommodation.

c) Change the type of special educational need Meadowbank School provides for from: ‘speech language and communication needs’, to: ‘speech language and communication needs and complex learning disabilities’ 

Make adaptations to the building to improve disability access.

d) Phase out the Specialist Resource Base at Allensbank School, closing the class in July 2020, or when all current pupils have completed their primary placement, if earlier. 

Open an eight-place early intervention class for children with speech and language needs at Allensbank School, admitting the first cohort in September 2019. 

e) Subject to a decision by the Governing Body of St Mary the Virgin School, to proceed to statutory notice: approve the inclusion of SRB accommodation in the Band B scheme for a new build St Mary the Virgin School.

f) Open a specialist resource base at Ysgol Pwll Coch, providing up to 10 places initially, but with scope to extend to 20 places in future, as demand grows. 

g) Extend the place number of the SRB at Ysgol Glantaf to 30 places.

Adapt and improve accommodation to cater for increased numbers.

2.            It be noted that prior to implementation of the proposals a further report will be provided to the Cabinet providing details of any objections received, the proposed responses to those objections and recommendations for implementation or otherwise of the proposals.

A range of stakeholders including Members, schools, parents, pupils were consulted as part of the public consultation on the proposal.