We are seeking your views on two proposals for Juniper Hill School:
Notice is given in accordance with sections 15 and 19 of the Education and Inspections Act 2006 that Buckinghamshire Council intends to open a Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) Unit and to close the existing Additional Resource Provision (ARP) with effect from 1st September 2024 at:
Juniper Hill School, Churchill Close, Flackwell Heath, High Wycombe, HP10 9LA
Together with the Governing Board of Juniper Hill School, we have considered the responses to the recent consultation on the proposals for the school.
This Notice is an extract of the full proposal. A copy of the full proposal is available to download below. Alternatively you can request a copy via email juniper-hill-school-consultation@buckinghamshire.gov.uk or by post: The School Commissioning Team, Buckinghamshire Council, 1st Floor, Walton Street Office, Aylesbury, Bucks, HP20 1UZ.
We are proposing to open a Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) Unit at Juniper Hill School. This would be a 12 place Unit for pupils with SEMH needs – detailed in their Educational Health Care Plan (EHCP).
The 12 places would be in addition to the existing 420 school places.
SEMH needs are special educational needs where a child communicates through behaviour in response to unmet social, emotional or mental health needs.
If agreed, the SEMH Unit would open in September 2024.
We are also proposing to close the Additionally Resourced Provision (ARP) for pupils with a physical disability at Juniper Hill School.
If agreed, this proposal would be effective from September 2024.
Before you respond to this consultation, please have a look at the following documents:
Within four weeks of the date of publication of this proposal, any person may agree, object to, or make comments on the proposal in the following ways:
If you have any questions about this activity, please email us at juniper-hill-school-consultation@buckinghamshire.gov.uk..
Please tell us your views by midnight on Thursday 9 November 2023.
With the Governing Board of Juniper Hill School, we will consider all responses we receive.
The Leader of Buckinghamshire Council, with the Cabinet Member for Education and Children's Services, will make the final decision on the two proposals. We expect this decision to be made in December 2023.
If the proposal to open a SEMH Unit is agreed, building works would start in February 2024.
The new Unit would then open in September 2024. Pupil numbers would be gradually increased each year – until reaching the total capacity of 12.
If the proposal to close the Physical Disability ARP is agreed, this would take effect from September 2024.
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If you have questions about data and privacy, please email us on dataprotection@buckinghamshire.gov.uk. Or write to our Data Protection Officer at Buckinghamshire Council, The Gateway, Gatehouse Road, Aylesbury, HP19 8FF.
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