Consultation on proposal to close residential provision at Bleasdale School
| Purpose | This is a formal 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 your views about our proposal to close the residential provision at Bleasdale School and whether you think this is a good idea. We want to assure you that we will give careful consideration to all your comments and opinions. This formal consultation is a legal requirement that we need to do in order to make a change like this to the school. What are we planning to do? Bleasdale School is an 'Outstanding' (Ofsted) day and residential special school special school for children and young people with profound and multiple learning difficulties, aged 2 -19. The proposal is to close the residential provision of the school. The day provision will remain as it is and is unaffected by this consultation. Why are we doing this? There are no pupils in the residential provision at Bleasdale School and it is not anticipated there will be any demand for residential provision at this site in the future. Families are either tending to opt for their children to remain at home and taking up short breaks or utilising 52-week residential provision. Closing the residential provision at Bleasdale School will offer a more efficient use of public resources. What will happen next? Careful consideration will be given to all responses that are received on or before 21 July 2023. These responses will be used to provide information to Lancashire County Council's Cabinet to help councillors decide whether to agree to the closure of the residential provision at Bleasdale School. |
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| Subject |
Schools (nursery, primary, secondary, special) |
| Commissioned by | Inclusion Service |
| Geographic area |
Lancaster |
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| Method |
Questionnaire - online |
| Consultation with |
Schools/parents/governors |
| Date | 23/06/2023 - 21/07/2023 |
| Undertaken by | Business Intelligence |
Contact information
For more information about this research contact:
Inclusion Service
01772 531597
Email: inclusion.South@lancashire.gov.uk