This report recommends that Cabinet approves the Service level agreement (SLA) for funding, delegated to secondary schools to support learners at risk of exclusion.
The SLA 2021-2023 is an evolution and replacement of the current service level agreement that expires at the end of December 2020.
The agreement commits the Council to work in partnership with signatories to ensure that all learners have access to quality education provision in school and at alternative provision when appropriate.
The agreement is supported by the SEND Inclusion Strategy 2020-2023, a key priority area of which is inclusion and removing exclusion in education.
Decision type: Non-key
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Notice of proposed decision first published: 05/02/2021
Decision due: Not before 15 Feb 2021 by Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Children's Services, Education and Skills
Lead member: Cllr Laura Mayes, Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Children's Services, Education, and Skills laura.mayes@wiltshire.gov.uk
Lead director: Kathryn Davis (Director - Education & Skills)
Department: Education & Skills
Contact: Vicky Dunnicliffe, 01225 712647, Email: vicky.dunnicliffe@wiltshire.gov.uk.
Consultation process
The amendments to the current SLA were agreed by a consultation working group comprising head teachers representing each area of the county along with Council officers from Children’s Services and Public Health.