Issue - meetings

Cabinet Member: Schools Improvement

Forward Plan Ref: 2011/162

Contact: Barbara Chillman, Principal Officer – School Organisation and Planning Tel: (01865) 816459

Report by Interim Director for Children, Education & Families (CA 10).

Woodeaton Manor School is a Foundation Special School which provides education for children and young people aged 11 to 18 years old. It is designated as a special school for pupils with behavioural, emotional and social disorders (BESD), but has a particular focus on those with emotional and social difficulties. The vast majority of pupils have autistic spectrum disorders.

The proposal is to extend the age range to include pupils of Key Stage 2 primary school age so that it becomes an age range of 7 to 18. ?

More primary school places are needed in Oxfordshire for children with BESD, leading to a potential delay before the children receive the particular special care that enables them to thrive and achieve their full potential. 

To accommodate this growth in pupil numbers, a single temporary unit is proposed to be installed on the school site, in a location previously occupied by a similar unit some years ago. 

The Cabinet is RECOMMENDED to support the Governing Body of Woodeaton Manor School by approving the publication of a statutory notice for the alteration of the lower age limit at Woodeaton Manor School.

The Cabinet had before them a report CA10 which sought approval to extend the age ranfe of pupils at Woodeaton Manor School to include pupils of Key Stage 2 primary school age so that it becomes an age range of 7 to 18.

RESOLVED:  to support the Governing Body of Woodeaton Manor School by approving the publication of a statutory notice for the alteration of the lower age limit at Woodeaton Manor School.