Informal consultation on proposal for a SEN unit at Mount Carmel RC School
| Purpose | This is an informal consultation about making a prescribed alteration to a school in accordance with The School Organisation (Prescribed Alterations to Maintained Schools) (England) Regulations 2013. We are seeking initial views about a proposal to create a special educational needs (SEN) unit within Mount Carmel Roman Catholic High School. What are we planning to do? The proposal is to create an SEN unit for between eight and sixteen children with social, communication and interaction needs at Mount Carmel Roman Catholic High School. All of these children will have education, health and care plans. Some of these children will transfer from other schools to Mount Carmel Roman Catholic High School so that they can attend the SEN unit. Children attending the SEN unit will be taught in the unit for some of the time and at other times they will be taught with other children in existing classes. All children already on roll at Mount Carmel Roman Catholic High School will still be able to attend the school and this change will not affect current admission criteria and numbers. Why are we doing this? To give families more choice about the type of school they would like their child to attend. To make sure there is specialist support and enough special school places for all children with special educational needs. Existing pupils, whether or not they have special educational needs, will benefit from the specialist knowledge of staff working with children in the SEN unit leading to an overall improvement in the quality of teaching throughout the school. There is a particular need for secondary school SEN units in the East area. |
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| Subject |
Schools (nursery, primary, secondary, special) |
| Commissioned by | Inclusion Service |
| Geographic area |
Hyndburn |
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| Method |
Questionnaire - online |
| Consultation with |
Schools/parents/governors |
| Date | 19/06/2023 - 17/07/2023 |
| Undertaken by | Business Intelligence |
Contact information
For more information about this research contact:
Inclusion Service
01772 531597
Email: inclusion.South@lancashire.gov.uk