Decision details

(KEY DECISION)

a)    That the proposal to establish an annex site or ‘Connected Offer’ provision to Isebrook SEND College at the ‘Four Seasons’ building, Kettering by the Creating Tomorrow Academy Trust (the Academy Trust that operates Isebrook SEND College) be noted;

b)    That the required expenditure of £481,886 to allow for the progression of the proposed scheme and to note that this scheme will be funded via SEND Capital Grant funding received directly from central government be approved;

c)    That authority be delegated to the Executive Member for Children, Families, Education and Skills, in consultation with the Executive Director of Children’s Services, to complete all necessary documentation to ensure effective delivery of the scheme.

(Reason for Decisions –

·         The recommended course of action is the most cost-effective manner of providing additional SEND places in the Kettering area of North Northants;

·         The Council and its customers will receive the maximum benefit from the option proposed. The proposal will provide a bespoke specialist education provision within the area that is not currently available, that is specifically designed to meet the individual needs of the cohort of students that will attend the new provision;

·         To proposal will assist the Council in fulfilling its statutory obligations of providing a sufficiency of SEND places by providing an additional 20 secondary SEND places in the area.)