URL: https://westsussex.moderngov.co.uk/ieDecisionDetails.aspx?ID=2269

Decision Maker: Cabinet Member for Children, Young People and Learning (Cllr Jacquie Russell)

Outcome:

Is Key Decision?: Yes

Is Callable In?: Yes

Purpose: Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee School (QEII School) is a special school in Horsham offering Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) provision for children and young people aged between 2 and 19. There is a need to increase the number of places at the School and a design has been undertaken to enable this increase by the establishment of a satellite provision to QEII on another site owned by Horsham District Council and leased to the County Council. The design work has illustrated how the building and site at Arun House, Horsham, could expand the pupil places for QEII School by up to 60 taking the current planned places from 120 to 180.   An initial consultation was launched, in accordance with Department for Education (DfE) guidance, to seek views on the proposal to create a satellite site for QEII School. The consultation ran during June and July and views and comments have been collated from interested parties.  Details of the consultation and the feedback received are set out in section 4 of this report.     The DfE guidance sets out the stages of the process that should be undertaken when considering expanding, by establishing a satellite site to a school.  Having completed the first stage, the initial consultation, the Cabinet Member is now asked to consider the feedback received and consider whether to approve the progression of the proposal to the next stage of the process – publication of statutory notices.

Content: Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee School (QEII School) is a special school in Horsham offering Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) provision for children and young people aged between 2 and 19. There is a need to increase the number of places at the School and a design has been undertaken to enable this increase by the establishment of a satellite provision to QEII on another site owned by Horsham District Council and leased to the County Council. The design work has illustrated how the building and site at Arun House, Horsham, could expand the pupil places for QEII School by up to 60 taking the current planned places from 120 to 180.   An initial consultation was launched, in accordance with Department for Education (DfE) guidance, to seek views on the proposal to create a satellite site for QEII School. The consultation ran during June and July and views and comments have been collated from interested parties.  Details of the consultation and the feedback received are set out in section 4 of this report.     The DfE guidance sets out the stages of the process that should be undertaken when considering expanding, by establishing a satellite site to a school.  Having completed the first stage, the initial consultation, the Cabinet Member is now asked to consider the feedback received and consider whether to approve the progression of the proposal to the next stage of the process – publication of statutory notices. The Cabinet Member for Children, Young People and Learning has approved:   (1) The publication of statutory proposals to establish a satellite site for Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee School and an expansion by up to 60 places taking the current planned places from 120 to 180, and (2) The delegation of authority to the Assistant Director (Education and Skills) to determine whether the proposal to expand Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee School by 60 places should proceed, following consideration of any representations received during the statutory consultation stage. None declared.

Date of Decision: September 25, 2025