{"id":7657,"date":"2023-06-05T10:52:53","date_gmt":"2023-06-05T10:52:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/haveyoursay\/?post_type=consultation&p=7657"},"modified":"2023-06-05T10:52:53","modified_gmt":"2023-06-05T10:52:53","slug":"mill-water-school-proposal-to-increase-places-from-100-to-112","status":"publish","type":"consultation","link":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/haveyoursay\/consultations\/mill-water-school-proposal-to-increase-places-from-100-to-112\/","title":{"rendered":"Mill Water School: Proposal to increase places from 100 to 112"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Governing Board of Mill Water School and Devon County Council are formally consulting on a proposal to increase the number of places from 100 to 112 in the age range 3-16 at Mill Water School from September 2023.<\/p>\n

There is a pressure on special school places across the County resulting in the need to commission the independent sector which is costly and subject to the risk of market failure.<\/p>\n

The SEN Strategic Review, endorsed by Devon County Council\u2019s Cabinet in March 2018, identified a strategic need for increased specialist places to meet the increasing demand. Between 2015 to 2021, Devon saw a 49% increase in the number of children issued with an Education and Health Care Plan.<\/p>\n

The increase in the number of registered places will bring additional capacity into Devon\u2019s Local Offer and increase the opportunity for pupils to access appropriate local provision.\u00a0 It will offer a maintained, cost effective, viable alternative for students currently having to attend independent special schools as there is no maintained equivalent.<\/p>\n

The proposal to increase the number of registered places from 100 to 112 does not require any capital works and no planning consent is required.<\/p>\n

An informal consultation took place between 22 February and 31 March 2023.\u00a0\u00a0 A consultation meeting with parents was held during this period on 8 March 2023.<\/p>\n

The consultation document is available via: Mill Water School: Proposal to close Post<\/a>–<\/a>16 Provision and increase<\/a> numbers in the lower age<\/a> range <\/a>– <\/a>Have Your Say (devon.gov.uk)<\/a><\/p>\n

There were 16 objections received to Proposal 1: to close the post-16 provision.\u00a0 Many parents raised their objection and concerns at the consultation meeting to the proposal to close the post-16 provision.\u00a0 This proposal has now been withdrawn.<\/p>\n

In respect of Proposal 2: to increase the number of registered places, 1 response was received.<\/p>\n

You can object to or comment on the proposal: to increase the number of registered places, to Devon County Council, as the decision-maker, by:<\/p>\n

Completing the survey on line via: https:\/\/forms.office.com\/e\/RJ723b7RVv<\/a><\/p>\n

Emailing:\u00a0 schoolconsultations@devon.gov.uk<\/u><\/p>\n

Writing to:\u00a0 Strategic Planning – Children\u2019s Services, Room 120, Devon County Council, County Hall, Topsham Road, Exeter, EX2 4QD<\/p>\n

by the closing date of 3 July 2023.<\/p>\n

The Full Proposal is published under ‘Consultation method’ below, as well as the Brief Notice which has been published in the Western Morning News 5 June 2023.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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