In order to provide additional places for pupils with severe learning difficulty or profound and multiple learning difficulties it is now being proposed that part of the former Palmerston School in Aigburth should reopen. However, with Bank View expected to remain where it is, Redbridge will also not relocate. The public consultation had also asked for feedback moving Princes School on Selborne Street to Redbridge High School on Long Lane, while Redbridge would move into Bank View as they occupy the same site. The creation of a satellite location in Speke is expected to cost around £2m, funded from the Special Provision Capital grant. This option will be a good use of the Parklands building and is likely to require significantly less adaptation than the alternative options.” “This will address the concerns raised by parents and staff regarding travelling and support the emerging needs of children with special educational needs. The revised proposal is to open a Bank View South in the Parklands building whilst keeping the current site in Fazakerley. It added: “In addition, the majority of new EHCPs are for children with moderate learning difficulties and communication learning difficulties (including autism and social, emotional and mental health). READ MORE: 'Polite and hard working' pizza chef became terrorist bent on murder The assessment of the consultation said parental feedback was “strongly against moving pupils” from Bank View to Speke “if it meant travelling times would increase.” Following a lengthy consultation this summer, the local authority has amended its plans and will now recommend the creation of a satellite site on the Speke grounds when its cabinet meets on Friday.Ī report in Spring said more than 4,000 children in Liverpool have educational health care plans (EHCPs), an increase of 46% since 2019. Controversial plans to move children with special educational needs from one side of Liverpool to the other have been scrapped.Įarlier this year, as part of its proposals to meet the “dramatic increase” in need for school places, Liverpool Council had suggested Bank View School on Long Lane in Fazakerley should relocate 14 miles away to Parklands in Speke.
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