Report attached.

Report Title: Implementation of a 30 place Special Educational Needs & Disabilities (SEND) Unit at Royal Liberty School for pupils with Communication & Interaction (C&I) need

Presented by: Councillor Oscar Ford – Cabinet Member for Children and Young People.

Cabinet:

Agreed the release of funding up to a total value of £2.7m to SFAET LTD to proceed with build works for the SEND Unit at The Royal Liberty School through a funding agreement – Appendix 3

Report Title: Implementation of a 30 place Special Educational Needs & Disabilities (SEND) Unit at Royal Liberty School for pupils with Communication & Interaction (C&I) need

Presented by: Councillor Oscar Ford – Cabinet Member for Children and Young People.

Summary:

To support the implementation of a SEND Unit at The Royal Liberty School from September 2027.

The cost of Building works required to provide a SEND unit at Royal Liberty  School has been estimated at £2.7m and this will be funded from within the High Needs Provision Capital Allocation (HNPCA)

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SEND Units in Havering will be normally funded in accordance with a Place Led Funding approach that complies with the Government’s SEND Funding Reforms that came into effect in April 2018.

For each place in the SEND unit, The Royal Liberty School will receive £30,000 from Revenue grant funding (DSG). This is made up of £10,000 ‘place funding’ and £20,000 (2025/26 rate) ‘top-up funding’.       

Cabinet:

Agreed the release of funding up to a total value of £2.7m to SFAET LTD to proceed with build works for the SEND Unit at The Royal Liberty School through a funding agreement – Appendix 3