To receive feedback from the statutory consultation on the proposal to expand Special Educational Needs provision at Ashley School in Widnes by four additional classrooms using Department for Education High Needs Provision Capital Grant funding, increasing the school’s capacity from 112 places to 152 places for pupils with a diagnosis of Autistic Spectrum Disorder, and agree progression of the works (subject to consideration of consultation responses).
Decision type: Key
Decision status: For Determination
Notice of proposed decision first published: 16/10/2024
Decision due: 12 December 2024 by Executive Board
Consultation process
Following agreement by the Executive Board in
September 2024, a public statutory consultation has been undertaken that ran
from 24th September 2024 and closed on 21st October 2024
and included a consultation meeting with school staff and governors, and a
meeting with parents and carers and members of the public. Details of the consultation were published in
the local press, online on the Council’s website,
and circulated to neighbouring authorities, and all school and specialists schools in Halton. Ashley School also wrote to the parents and carers of all pupils currently on roll at the school advising them of the consultation and how to respond.