Decision details

At its meeting on 15 July 2021 the Council’s Cabinet authorised officers to consult on proposals to expand the Court Special School.

At its meeting on 14 October 2021 the Council’s Cabinet authorised officers to consult on proposals to expand Greenhill Special school, and to establish Specialist Resource Bases at Cardiff West Community High School and Eastern High.

It was noted that officers would bring a report on the outcome of the consultations to a future meeting to seek authorisation as to whether to proceed to publish proposals in accordance with section 48 of The School Standards and Organisation (Wales) Act 2013 

This report summarises the views expressed during the consultations with recommendations regarding how to proceed.

RESOLVED: that

1.            Officers be authorised to proceed to publish proposals in accordance with section 48 of The School Standards and Organisation (Wales) Act 2013  to:

·         Increase the capacity of The Court Special School from 42 to 72 places.  The school would transfer to new build accommodation across two sites at Fairwater Primary School and the current St Mellons, CiW Primary School site in Llanrumney with 36 pupils on each site from September 2025. 

·         establish a 20-place Specialist Resource Base for emotional health and wellbeing at Cardiff West Community High School from September 2022.

·         establish a 20-place Specialist Resource Base for emotional health and wellbeing at Eastern High from September 2023.

2.            the proposal to increase the capacity of Greenhill School not be progressed

3.            it be noted that officers will bring a further report to Cabinet for consideration, setting out details of revised proposals for the provision of secondary English-medium and Welsh-medium education health and wellbeing special school places.