Purpose

To build a new stand-alone single storey
building at St Gregory’s School to enable the school to open
a specialist Resource Base. The project will also create three
acoustically treated classrooms in the main school building to
accommodate hearing impaired pupils. The Resource Base will
accommodate up to 20 pupils with SEND who will attend mainstream
school and receive additional specialist support at the
Base.

Decision

To fully approve £1,343,000 of capital
budget, fully funded by Higher Needs Provision Capital Allocation
grant.

Alternative options considered

MATS/Schools in BANES were approached to
ascertain if they were interested in opening resource base
provision for SEND children. The MATS/Schools submitted their
“Visions" which were considered jointly between the LA, Bath
Parent Carer Forum and the MATS/schools. The resource bases needed
to offer provision that fitted with B&NES requirements and the
data available at the time. From the submissions received,
feasibility and development work has been carried out and the
project at St Gregory’s School is considered a deliverable
project which will meet LA SEND needs.