Archived decisions

Decision Maker:

Executive Lead Member for Children' Services (Education)

Date of Decision:

18 December 2008

Decision Title:

Hampshire County Council's Accessibility Strategy and Special Educational Needs Policy 2009 - 2012

Decision Reference:

414

Report From:

John Coughlan; Director of Children's Services

Contact name: Felicity Dickinson

Tel: 01962 847996

Email:

[email protected]

1) Summary

The following decision is proposed:

1.1. That the Executive Lead Member for Children's Services (Education) agrees to the publication of Hampshire County Council's Accessibility Strategy and Special Educational Needs Policy and that they be made available to schools and other interested stakeholders.

2) Reasons for the decision

These are the reasons for this decision being made, including any links to the corporate strategy.

2.1. Hampshire County Council has a legal duty to publish an Accessibility Strategy for the schools for which it is responsible and a Special Educational Needs Policy. These contribute to the Hampshire County Council Corporate Strategy aims of `Maximising well-being' and `Hampshire safer and more secure for all' by providing frameworks within with children and young people can maximise their potential, achieve educational success and become effective members of their communities.

2.2. The current strategy and policy documents are out of date and have been reviewed. New documents have been drafted to reflect changes to legislation, local and central government initiatives and current best practice.

2.3. The draft strategy and policy documents have been widely consulted upon and have been favourably received.

3) Other options considered and rejected:

3.1. The responses received during the formal consultation were highly supportive of the draft Accessibility Strategy and Special Educational Needs Policy. In the light of this and given that the Local Authority is under a legal duty to publish a strategy and policy, no other options were considered.

4) Conflicts of Interest:

4.1. Conflicts of interest declared by the decision-maker:

None

4.2. Conflicts of interest declared by other Executive Members consulted:

None

5) Dispensation granted by the Standards Committee:

None

6) Any reasons for the matter being dealt with if urgent :

None

7) Statement from the Decision Maker:

Approved by:

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Date:

18 December 2008

Executive Lead Member for Children's Services (Education)

Councillor David Kirk