School Organisation Skilts School

Overview

Proposal to Make Changes to Skilts School

Skilts School is a Birmingham community special school located outside the City boundary in Redditch, Worcestershire. 

The School can currently offer up to 90 places for pupils aged 5 - 11 years who have a Education and Health Care Plan (EHCP) for Social, Emotional and Mental Health needs (SEMH). 

The Interim executive Board (IEB) of Skilts Special School is consulting on a proposal to make a temporary change to the school, namely,

• Alter the age range of Skilts Special School from 5 - 11 to 5 -14 years.
• This will allow the current Year 6  and Year 7 to remain at the school for an additional year in Year 7 and year 8.
• This will provide oportunity for temporary places for Year 9 pupils with an EHCP for SEMH provision.

Why we are consulting

The IEB would like to give all current and future parents and all other interested parties the opportunity to comment on the proposal to alter the age range of Skilts School from 5 -11 years to 5 - 14 years with effect from 1st September 2021.

The consultation will run for 4 weeks from Monday 23rd November 2020 to Friday 18th December 2020.

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

The IEB are keen to receive your comments on the proposal and you can comment online here until to 18th December 2020.

What happens next

This consultation will start Monday 23rd November 2020.

The consultation (representation) period will end Friday 18th December 2020.

During this time anyone who wishes to make comments/objections about this proposal should do so via this survey. 

All comments/objections received will be presented to the decision makers, the Interim Executive Board for a decision at the end of the consultation period. The IEB will meet to analyse the results and consider the proposal and make a decision.

We will update this website when a decision has been made by the IEB.