School Organisation The Bridge School Prescribed Alteration

Overview

Birmingham City Council are proposing to increase the number of pupil places at the Bridge School in line with the Special School Additional Places Programme.

The Bridge School is a community special school for 83 pupils from the ages of 2 – 11 years.  The school educates children with complex and multiple needs, including severe learning difficulties, profound and multiple learning difficulties and those diagnosed with autistic spectrum disorder.

We are proposing to increase the number of pupils at the Bridge School from 83 to 90 to be phased between 1st September 2015 - 1st April 2016.

Prior to January 2015 the school occupied two sites. Separate proposals were approved by Cabinet Committee in 2014 for the school to close their site in Erdington and transfer all pupils to their site on Longmoor campus in Sutton. The residential unit that had not been in use for some time was also closed and used for the remodelling of the Longmoor campus to accomodate the relocated pupils. This proposal will enable the school to take additional pupils.

Why your views matter

Full details of the changes are explained in the proposal document below.

We are keen to receive your comments on the proposal and you can comment online here until 15th October 2015

What happens next

The representation will begin 17th September 2015.

The representation period will run until 15th October  2015.

During this time anyone who wishes to make comments/objections about this proposal should do so via this survey. The proposal including any comments/objections received will be taken to Cabinet Committee for a decision in December 2015.

If the proposal is approved the changes will come into effect from December 2015.

We will advise the outcome of the proposal on this website.