Purpose

This capital project will provide Somervale
Secondary School with a new stand-alone building to open a
specialist Resource Base (RB). The RB will accommodate up to 20
pupils with special educational needs who will attend mainstream
school and receive additional specialist support at the RB. The RB
is planned to support pupils with emotional and anxiety issues and
for nurture.

Decision

To fully approve the scheme to the value of
£1.264m. This is funded by £800k of Basic Need Grant,
£213k of Higher Needs Education Grant and £251k of
Developer Funding.