West Lothian Council, Education Services, Admission Arrangements for Specialist Provision 2014

In accordance with the Schools (Consultation) (Scotland) Act 2010, West Lothian Council consulted (between 14 November 2014 and 16 January 2015) on the proposals outlined below:

SUMMARY OF PROPOSALS – ADMISSION ARRANGEMENTS FOR SPECIALIST PROVISION

The adoption of admission arrangements set out in the consultation document will ensure equity in the admission of children and young people to specialist provision and ensure high quality decision making regarding admission;

 The adoption of a single catchment area for all specialist provision will ensure equity within West Lothian for all children and young people with additional support needs. This will help the council discharge its duty to meet the needs of children and young people, to the benefit of children and young people with additional support needs, and their parents/carers; and

 The proposed admission arrangements and catchment area will apply to all specialist provision.

The consultation response report is available to download at the following weblink:

www.westlothian.gov.uk/admission-arrangements-report

The report will be available on the West Lothian Council website from Thursday 30 April 2015 for a period of 3 weeks.

Hard copies of the report are available from:

The foyer of the Civic Centre, Howden South Road, Livingston, EH54 6FF

and all West Lothian libraries.

At the end of the consultation period, a final decision will be taken on the proposals by West Lothian Council’s Education Executive on Tuesday 26 May 2015.