Issue - meetings

The action sheet arising from the meeting of the Education & Learning Scrutiny Committee held on 6^th November, 2019 was submitted, whereupon:-

Item 6 – Management of Pupil Places and the

School Estate

A Member referred to the increased demand for places at Pen-y-Cwm Special School.  The Service Inclusion Manager said that the service looked at trends and the primary needs of the pupil coming into the system e.g. Autism, profound learning difficulties, etc. to project forward.    Historically it had not been possible to capture data on 0-3 year olds.   The Inclusion Service managed and monitored uptake and placement at Pen-y-Cwm school and a consultation document and report was being prepared to look at increasing capacity at the school.

A Member enquired regarding out of county pupils and what areas in the borough pupils came from.  The Service Inclusion Manager said that currently Pen-y-Cwm school was not accepting pupils from out of county for a range of reasons and it was reasonable that places be reserved for pupils living in Blaenau Gwent. 

The Chair requested that in relation to the River Centre and Pen-y-Cwm schools that a breakdown of the numbers of children attending the schools against their catchment area schools be provided. The Service Inclusion Manager said that this information could be provided as a percentage on future reporting.

The Committee AGREED, subject to the foregoing, that the action sheet be noted.