The Lakes to Sea Community Panel Area currently has 3 schools delivering specialist places for children and young people with SEND.
Refer to the map on page 28.
Specialist provision within the Lakes to Sea Community Panel Area - November 2024
Refer to the table on page 28.
There are 53 commissioned specialist places in the Lakes to Sea Community Panel Area.
The three most prevalent primary needs for children and young people with an EHCP in the Lakes to Sea Community Panel Area are:
- communication and interaction needs including Autistic Spectrum Disorders (ASD)
- Speech, Language and Communication Needs (SLCN)
- Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH)
The chart on page 29 shows the distribution of specialist places for the three most prevalent primary needs in the Lakes to Sea Community Panel Area
Occupancy of current provision
The current occupancy of the specialist places within this area as of November 2024 stands at 96%.
New provisions or expansions between September 2023 and 2024
A total of 8 additional specialist places were created within this Community Panel Area during this period.
Refer to the table on page 30.
Conclusion
As is illustrated in the data provided, further specialist places are required within the Lakes to Sea area for children and young people with the three most prevalent primary needs to meet demand now and in the future.
There is currently no provision for primary or secondary children and young people within this area for Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) and no secondary places for Speech, Language and Communication.
Whilst there are both primary and secondary places for Communication and Interaction needs including Autistic Spectrum Disorders (ASD), of the 47 places available there are no vacancies and there are currently 49 children and young people placed within these provisions.
Given the high level of occupancy in the primary and secondary resourced provisions for children and young people with Communication and Interaction needs including Autistic Spectrum Disorders, this evidences that further provision is required for this primary need in both primary and secondary.
Ellenborough Resourced Provision has only recently opened and as such the numbers accessing this provision going forward will need to be monitored to assess the need in this area.