Carnforth Primary School SEN Unit consultation

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Purpose	We are seeking your views about a proposal to create a special educational needs (SEN) unit within Carnforth Community Primary School. We have used the feedback that was given during the informal consultation which was carried out between 8 May 2024 and 22 May 2024 to develop our plans about the SEN unit at Carnforth Community Primary School. This formal consultation is a legal requirement in order to make changes like this to a school. What are we planning to do? The proposal is to create an SEN unit for up to sixteen children with social communication and interaction needs at Carnforth Community Primary School. All of these children will have education, health and care plans. Some of these children will transfer from another school to Carnforth Community Primary School so that they can attend the SEN unit. Children attending the SEN unit may be taught in the unit for some of the time and at other times when appropriate they will be taught in existing classes. All children already on roll at Carnforth Community Primary 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. Carnforth Community Primary School is a 'Good' school (Ofsted) To make sure there is specialist support and enough special school places for all children with special educational needs. There is evidence to show that 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 enhancement in the quality of teaching throughout the school. There is a particular need for SEN units in the Lancashire North area. How will we do this? - By making sure the needs of every child and young person in the school are met, whether or not they have special educational needs. - By making sure that all staff have the training they need to support the children whether they are in the SEN unit or attending mainstream lessons - By providing funding for any adaptations to the school building through the basic needs grant provided by the local authority. - The school will receive additional funding from the high needs block to provide support for all pupils attending the unit, in line with the funding for places at specialist schools. This means the school should not be financially disadvantaged by the creation of the unit.
Subject	Schools (nursery, primary, secondary, special)
Commissioned by	Inclusion Service

Geographic area	Lancaster
Method	Questionnaire - online
Consultation with	Schools/parents/governors
Date	24/06/2024 - 19/07/2024
Undertaken by	Business Intelligence Research and Consultation

Contact information

For more information about this research contact:

Inclusion Service
Tel: 01772 531597
Email: Inclusion.South@Lancashire.gov.uk