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Grappenhall Hall School

 

CHANGES to the provision of Special Educational Needs (SEN) at Grappenhall Hall School were approved by the council’s Executive Board at its meeting on Monday 3 December.

The Executive Board voted by a majority of seven votes to two to implement the recommendations which would see Grappenhall Hall school become a day-only school for boys aged 11-16. The recommendations which were approved included:


• ceasing to offer residential places at Grappenhall Hall school
• ceasing to offer post-16 educational provision at Grappenhall Hall school (although those currently in the sixth form will be able to complete their education at the school)
• ceasing to offer Key Stage One and Key Stage Two provision at Grappenhall Hall School (although pupils aged 5-10 already placed in this provision will be able to progress through the school)
• reducing the capacity of the school to 90 places
• in the future, investigating the possibility of developing a secondary day mixed BESD facility on a site to be determined.

Cllr Sheila Woodyatt, Executive Board member for children’s services, said: “The purpose of the SEN review was to examine how we deliver our services because so much is changing in the way we look after these children. It is not, nor was it ever, our intention to close the school and we have got to move forward to make sure that we are delivering high quality, 21st century provision for our special needs children and young people.”


Currently the school has 16 residential places but Cllr Woodyatt explained that there had been no child with a statement requiring residential provision in the past five years.

Cllr Woodyatt also explained the rationale for reducing the primary school-aged intake at Grappenhall Hall school, saying: “With such a wide age range of young people from 5-19, it is inevitable that they will have very different needs. We are absolutely committed to providing the right level of designated support for younger special needs pupils and if this can’t be in the mainstream, then we will do everything possible to provide appropriate education in alternative units. With around 400 SEN pupils in Warrington, we have a responsibility to ensure the best possible education for all of these children.”

Issued by:  Joanna Driscoll, Principal Communications Officer
Date:   Tuesday 4 December, 2007
Release: Immediate