Border, Fellside and North Carlisle area currently has 2 schools delivering specialist places for children and young people with SEND.
Specialist provision within the Border, Fellside and North Carlisle Community Panel Area - November 2024
Refer to the table on page 19.
There are 19 commissioned specialist places in the Border and Fellside Area.
The three most prevalent primary needs for children and young people with an EHCP in the Border, Fellside and North Carlisle Community Panel area are:
- Speech, Language and Communication Needs (SLCN)
- Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH)
- communication and interaction needs including Autistic Spectrum Disorders (ASD)
Refer to the chart on page 20 which shows the distribution of specialist places for the three most prevalent primary needs in the Borders and Fellside Community Panel Area.
Occupancy of current provision
The current occupancy of the specialist places within this area of as November 2024 stands at 105%.
New provisions or expansions between September 2023 and 2024
An additional 10 specialist places were created within this community panel area during this period.
Conclusion
There are a limited number of primary and secondary specialist places for children and young people within this area for the three most prevalent needs.
Once established, new provisions usually work on a slow growth plan until they reach full capacity, however Kingmoor, although a new provision is already over occupied showing a high demand in this area for primary specialist places for Communication and Interaction needs including ASD.
Given the high level of occupancy in both the primary and secondary resourced provisions, more specialist places are required in this area for both primary and secondary aged children with an EHCP for Social, Emotional and Mental Health, Speech, Language and Communication and Communication and Interaction needs including ASD, to meet demand now and in the future.