School Organisation The Bridge School

Overview

We are proposing to make several changes to The Bridge School as part of the Special School Additional Places programme. The Bridge School currently operates across two sites: the Erdington site in Stockland Green ward and the Longmoor Campus in Sutton Vesey ward.

If the proposal is approved, all pupils from the Erdington site will transfer to the Longmoor Campus site. Remodelling work is proposed in order to accommodate the additional class spaces required to implement the proposal.

We are proposing the following changes:

1. Closure of The Bridge School Erdington site at 290 Reservoir Road, Erdington, Birmingham B23 6DE from 31^st December 2014.
2. Relocation of all current pupils from The Bridge School site in Erdington to the Longmoor Campus at Coppice View Road, Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham B73 6UE as of 1^st January 2015.

The Bridge School is a Community Special School within Birmingham. It currently admits 72 pupils aged 2 – 11 years with statements of special educational needs. The school provides education for pupils with complex and multiple needs, including severe learning difficulties, profound and multiple learning difficulties and those diagnosed with autistic spectrum disorder.

Full details of the changes are explained in the document below along with a copy of the public notice.

www.birmingham.gov.uk/schools/thebridge

We are keen to receive your comments on the proposal and you can comment online here until 9^th July 2014

Why your views matter

Birmingham City Council will be issuing School Organisation proposals regarding the changes to the school. Anyone wishing to make comments or raise objections regarding the proposals will have the opportunity to do so.

What happens next

Following the representation period (12th June - 9th July 2014) all comments/objections will be logged and considered.

These will be reported to Cabinet Committee who are the decision makers for this proposal. This meeting will be held on 28th July 2014.

There will follow a 4 day Scrutiny "call in period", should Scrutiny Committee wish to look in more sdepth at the proposal.

If the proposal is not called in by Scritiny Committee a determination of the decsion will be posted on the website www.birmingham.gov.uk/schools/cherryoak