Decision details

CHART WOOD SCHOOL DORKING, PROPOSED RATIONALISATION ONTO ONE SITE - FORMER STARHURST SCHOOL, DORKING AND FORMER ST NICHOLAS SCHOOL, REDHILL

Decision Maker: Cabinet

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: Yes

Is subject to call in?: Yes

Purpose:

To approve the business case for the project to co-locate St Nicholas and Starhurst Special Schools at the Starhurst School site, Dorking, as Chart Wood School .

The school will provide 105 places of which 24 are residential, the age range will be; 9 (yr 5) to 16 (yr 11). The places are required for 2018

Decision:

RESOLVED:

 

That, subject to the agreement of the detailed financial information for the expansion set out in Part 2 of this agenda, the business case for rebuilding of this school be approved.

 

Reasons for Decisions:

 

This proposal will streamline Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) provision in the south east of Surrey.  It will allow for the more effective use of the available Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) resources.  The aim is to develop outstanding provision with a larger and more sustainable single special school for SEMH in the east quadrant of Surrey.

 

[The decision on this item may be called in by either the Council Overview Board or the Education and Skills Scrutiny Board]

 

Report author: Julie Stockdale

Publication date: 01/03/2017

Date of decision: 28/02/2017

Decided at meeting: 28/02/2017 - Cabinet

Effective from: 09/03/2017

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