Decision Maker: Cabinet

Outcome: Recommendations Approved

Is Key Decision?: Yes

Is Callable In?: Yes

Date of Decision: September 16, 2025

Purpose:

Content: The Cabinet has considered the SEND Sufficiency Plan that outlined the Council’s statutory responsibility to commission sufficient high quality school places which included having the right number and type of school places, in the right place, at the right time to meet demand, and has agreed the detailed recommendations on page 8 and 9 of the report in principle on the basis that more detailed reports will be brought to Cabinet on implementation of the plan and the delegations required to implement it as and when required.

Alternative options considered: None.