21.1 The Lead Member considered a report by the Director of Children’s Services regarding a proposal to postpone the establishment of a SEN (Special Educational Needs) facility at Peacehaven Heights Primary School.
21.2 The Lead Member
RESOLVED – to agree to postpone the establishment of a SEN
facility at Peacehaven Heights Primary
School.
Reason
21.3 Since approval
was granted for the establishment of the new facility the school
has been through a period of significant change. The headteacher at the time resigned their post and
left the school in April 2019 and interim leadership arrangements
were put in place. Following concerns about pupil progress and
outcomes, and in consultation with the governing body, the local
authority successfully applied to the Department for Education
(DfE) to establish an Interim Executive
Board (IEB) at Peacehaven Heights
Primary School. These factors have led the local authority to
conclude that it would be inappropriate to establish the facility
at this time. The Lead Member will be
advised when a new opening date for the facility has been
agreed.