Children's Services Management Team sponsor:

Pam Robinson - Deputy Director of children's Services: telephone 01962 847991; email: [email protected]

Contact: Eric Smith - Education Officer SEN: telephone: 01962 846245; email: [email protected]

1 Summary

1.1 The following decisions are sought:

1. That the Executive Lead Member for Children's Services (Education) notes the request of the County Council at its meeting on 24 May 2007 for him to review the decisions taken by the Executive Lead Member for Children's Services on 15 February 2007 (which were subsequently amended by her decisions on 17 May 2007), and agrees to undertake this review in the autumn 2007, following consideration of the report of the Deaf & Hearing Impaired Review Group.

2. That the Executive Lead Member for Children's Services (Education) agrees that implementation of the decisions taken on 15 February and on 17 May 2007 to initiate statutory consultations on the closure of resourced provision at Park View Infant, Park View Junior, Woodcot and Medstead Primary schools and at Aldworth Science College and The Westgate School, and the establishment of a new resourced provision in a primary school in Winchester, be put on hold pending his review of those decisions.

2 Reason

2.1 The County Council's rules of procedure in Part 3D of the Constitution require that, when the views of a Policy Review Committee, following call-in, differ from, or are critical of, an Executive decision, the facts shall be reported to the next Council meeting and be debated without changing the previous decision although the Council may request the Cabinet or relevant Executive Member(s) to review the decision(s) in question.

2.2 At its meeting on 24 May 2007, the County Council noted that the Children & Young People's Policy Review Committee, at a meeting on 6 March 2007, had concluded that it did not agree with the decisions of the Executive Lead Member for Children's Services and, with a view to supporting the decision-making process, resolved to look into areas which it considered required further clarification. The Deaf & Hearing Impaired Review Group has been established to undertake this.

2.3 This decision does not affect the impact of the proposals set out in the report to Executive Lead Member on 15 February in respect of the County Council's priorities or achievement of the five outcomes for children specified in the Children Act 2004.

3 Other Options considered and rejected:

3.1 None

4 Conflicts of Interest declared by the decision maker or other Executive Member consulted

4.1 None

5 Dispensation granted by the Standards Committee -

5.1 None

6 Reason(s) for the matter being dealt with if urgent -

6.1 N/A

Approved by: Date:

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Councillor David Kirk

Executive Lead Member for Children's Services (Education)