Decision details

After School and Holiday Club Provision – Proposal to transfer provision to Special Schools

Decision Maker: Lead Member for Education and Inclusion, Special Educational Needs and Disability

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: Yes

Is subject to call in?: Yes

Purpose:

The Lead Member is requested to agree the proposal to transfer the responsibility of After School and Holiday Club provision from the Children’s Disability Service to East Sussex Special Schools in order to achieve a more robust and sustainable service for the future, which promotes service improvement and delivery whilst at the same time making the service more cost effective. It also enables the Children’s Disability Service to deliver required savings.

As the proposal has the potential to impact both service users and staff it will require both a public consultation and formal consultation with staff.

 

Decisions:

43.1     The Lead Member considered a report by the Director of Children’s Services regarding a proposal to consult on the transfer of after school and holiday club provision to Special Schools.

43.2     The Lead Member RESOLVED – to agree to public consultation on transferring After School and Holiday Club provision from the local authority to Special Schools.

 

Reason

43.3     The Lead Member agreed to consultation on the proposal to transfer After School and Holiday Club provision to Special Schools as this represents excellent value for money for the Council, promotes sustainability, whilst continuing to provide a valuable service to parents and young people. A further report on the outcome of the consultation will be submitted to the Lead Member in July 2018

Report author: Alison Borland

Publication date: 18/04/2018

Date of decision: 18/04/2018

Decided at meeting: 18/04/2018 - Lead Member for Education and Inclusion, Special Educational Needs and Disability

Effective from: 26/04/2018

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