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Didcot Special School - Education Specification and Approval to Start LA Presumption Process
Meeting: 10/07/2024 - Delegated Decisions by Cabinet Member for Children, Education & Young People’s Services (Item 10)
PDF 244 KBCabinet Member: Children, Education and Young People’s Services
Forward Plan Ref: 2024/089
Contact: Barbara Chillman, Pupil Place Planning Manager (Barbara.Chillman@oxfordshire.gov.uk)
Report by Director of Children’s Services (CMDCEYPS6).
The Cabinet Member is RECOMMENDED to:
a) Approve the specification for the new special school serving the Didcot area, and for a competitive process to be launched to identify an academy sponsor to run the school.
Additional documents:
Minutes:
The Chair introduced the item to the meeting.
Officers noted that there would be 120 places at the school, for children with ages ranging from 7-19 years old.
Following a question from the Chair regarding the location of a new school, officers confirmed that discussions were ongoing with an existing school in Didcot.
The Chair thanked officers and agreed to the recommendation in the report.
RESOLVED to:
a) Approve the specification for the new special school serving the Didcot area, and for a competitive process to be launched to identify an academy sponsor to run the school.