6. SPECIAL EDUCATION PROVISION

Special Education & Disabilities Provision Categories of SEND (SEND) is provided through a mixture of special schools and specialist resource provision units ASD Autistic Spectrum Disorder for children with a specific need, e.g. hearing HI Hearing Impairment MLD Moderate Learning Difficulty impairment or autism, based on the sites of the MSI Multi-Sensory Impairment mainstream schools. In addition to the PD Physical Disability maintained schools shown, a number of PMLD Profound and Multiple independent providers supply additional Learning Difficulty capacity. SEMH Social, Emotional and Mental Health. This Despite expansions of SEND capacity in recent category replaced Behavioural, Emotional and years, demand for special school places has Social Difficulty (BESD) in grown faster than supply, resulting in increasing 2015. dependence on the independent and non- SLCN Speech, language and maintained special school sector. Planning is Communication Needs now underway to significantly expand SLD Severe Learning Difficulty Oxfordshire’s maintained provision for SEND, to SPLD Specific Learning Difficulty (e.g. dyslexia, dyspraxia, not only keep up with population growth, but also attention deficit-hyperactivity ensure the High Needs budget is used more disorder, dyscalculia and effectively to better meet the needs of children dysgraphia) with Special Educational Needs & Disabilities. VI Visual Impairment

A new SEND Sufficiency Strategy was approved by the County Council Cabinet in December 2018, and is available online at www.oxfordshire.gov.uk . The Strategy includes four strands:

1. Ensure that all early years providers and mainstream schools support an inclusive approach to education: all children, where possible, to be educated in their local school, receiving the support they need at the earliest stage, and providers following an inclusive approach for all children with special educational needs and disabilities.

2. Review of the current resource base provision across the County: conduct a review of all base provision needs and undertake a consultation with schools who currently have a resource base provision onsite to identify any opportunities to increase capacity.

3. Review of current special school sites: focus on whether further expansion is possible.

4. New schools: open two new special schools focused on social, emotional and mental health needs and Autism in Bloxham Grove and Didcot, and rebuild Northfield school.

Specialist Provision across Oxfordshire – overview

Locality Community special Countywide special Primary resourced provision and capacity Secondary resourced FE school, ages 2 to 19 school provision provision and capacity Colleges

Banbury Frank Wise New base starting at Longford Park 2018, moving to (C&I, 12 Activate Northern House new Cherry Fields Primary School on Southam places) Learning, Behaviour, SEMH, Road (opening 2020) (C&I/SEMH, 10 places). Banbury Bicester Bardwell ages 5 to 11. Base included in new Gagle Brook Primary School Base included in new Activate in NW Bicester, which opened 2019 (C&I, 6 places). Whitelands Academy, SW Learning, Northfield , Bicester, opening 2020 (SEMH, Bicester Behaviour, SEMH, 8 places) Woodstock, boys aged 11-18. Potential for a resource base in planned new The Marlborough School (C&I, Abingdon Charlbury, primary schools in Chipping Norton and Eynsham – PD, 25 places) & Witney Chipping Woodeaton, SEMH, no dates yet confirmed. College Norton Springfield ages 7 -18 Witney, (including residential Base included in new Wychwood CE Primary (MLD, 20 Abingdon Burford, provision). School, Witney, opening 2020 (C&I, 8 places). places) & Witney Carterton Potential for a resource base in planned new College Iffley Academy, primary school in Carterton – no date yet confirmed. Oxford City Mabel Prichard complex moderate New Marston Primary School (HI, 4 places). The Activate learning difficulties St Nicholas Primary School (C&I, 15 places). (C&I – 20 places; HI - 10 Learning, and SEMH, ages 10- Base included in new Barton Park Primary School, places) OCVC 18. Oxford, opening 2020 (SEMH, 8 places). Abingdon Kingfisher The county council seeks to establish a resource (C&I, 12 Abingdon Endeavour base within the planned new N Abingdon primary places) & Witney Academy, severe school – target date, early 2020s. (HI, 8 places) College Thame, John Watson learning difficulties, St Andrew’s Primary School (C&I, 7 places). Lord Williams Wheatley, autism and (C&I, 20 places) Watlington, challenging Berinsfield behaviour, ages 8 to Faringdon, Fitzwaryn 19 (including The county council seeks to establish a resource base within the new Grove Airfield all- AWC/ Grove, residential provision). through school – target date, 2023. Henley Wantage College New SEMH/ASD Didcot, Bishopswood Didcot Den, on the site of Willowcroft Primary Aureus Secondary School base, Wallingford, schools planned for School) (SEMH, 10 places). opened 2019 (SEMH, 20 Henley & Bloxham and Didcot. Aureus Primary School opened 2019, due to have a places) Goring base (SEMH, 8 places).

Special Schools and Pupil Referral Unit

School, town Main area served Caters for Pupils on Pupils on Pupils on No. of No. of Comments and growth planning (Ofsted grade) roll roll roll funded funded 2016/17 2017/18 2018/19 places places (Dec 16) (Dec 17) (Dec 18) 2018/19 2019/20

Bardwell School Bicester, Kidlington Pupils with 67.2 67.6 75 78 84 The school shares a site with the Cooper (secondary) School and Glory Farm Primary School, a (Good) and surrounding SLD and playgroup and (previously) Children’s Centre. Bicester villages PMLD aged 2- 2016: 6th form building completed, part-funded by EFA targeted post-16 Capital. Project replaced 19 11 existing places previously in a temporary building and provided 9 new places. 2018: conversion of former Children’s Centre building to provide Foundation Stage facility for Bardwell School. Relocation of Foundation Stage children releases 2 classrooms within the main school building to provide 12 additional pupil places. 2021: target date for completion of Special Provision Fund project to add a further 16 places and a new school hall.

Bishopswood South Oxon: Pupils with 54 56.5 68 61 61 Bishopswood School departments (nursery, primary and senior) are co-located at: school Wallingford to SLD and - Valley Road Nursery, Henley (Good) Goring, Sonning PMLD aged 2- - Primary Henley and Sonning common, 16 - Chiltern Edge School, Sonning Common Common Henley-on-Thames Potential being explored of relocating existing provision (except hydrotherapy pool) from shared and Watlington. accommodation into vacant standalone building previously used by Chiltern Edge School. Project Approximately 1/3 would address existing deficiencies and create additional accommodation. come from Reading and Wokingham

Endeavour Oxfordshire SLD, autism 25 30 32 30 35 Opened Sept 2014 through the Free School programme, part-funded by the county council and Academy and from developer funding. Operated by MacIntyre Academies Trust. Includes 12-bedroom (Good) challenging residential provision. Headington, Oxford behaviour ages 8 - 19 Fitzwaryn School Wantage, Pupils with 92 94 107 108 108 Academy, part of Propeller Academy Trust. (Outstanding) Faringdon and complex 2012: replacement of post-16 "temporary" accommodation providing 16 places in purpose built Wantage surrounding moderate accommodation. villages learning, SLD 2018: new building to create 2 additional classrooms – 16 additional places and PMLD aged 2-19

Frank Wise School Banbury, Chipping Pupils with 105 106.8 120 116.8 116.8 2016: completion of project to replace temporary classrooms with a new purpose-built post-16 (Outstanding) Norton and SLD and unit (part-funded by EFA Demographic Growth Capital Fund). Project replaced 24 existing places Banbury surrounding PMLD, aged 2- and provided 8 new places. villages 19 Also serves South Northants School, town, Main area served Caters for Pupils on Pupils on Pupils on No. of No. of Comments and growth planning ofsted grade roll roll roll funded funded 2016/17 2017/18 2018/19 places places (Dec 16) (Dec 17) (Dec 18) 2018/19 2019/20 Iffley Academy Oxfordshire, Pupils with 139 149 157 170 180 2016: Funding provided by OCC to bring former classroom space back in to use and increase (Outstanding) countrywide complex capacity by 8 places. Oxford provision. moderate School currently being rebuilt by ESFA. learning Pressure on capacity here will be relieved by the opening of a new free school in North difficulties and Oxfordshire, to be run by the same academy trust. SEMH needs , aged 10-18

John Watson Thame, Wheatley, Pupils with 76 74.2 80 87 87 The school is co-located with Wheatley mainstream schools. Wheatley Nursery School is a fully School Watlington, SLD and inclusive attached nursery; primary aged pupils share the campus of Wheatley CE Primary (Good) Chinnor, PMLD, aged 2- School; and secondary pupils are based at . Wheatley Benson, Ewelme 19 2018: expansion of capacity on primary site - 8 additional places in 2018 and another 8 in 2019. and surrounding 2021: target date for completion of Special Provision Fund project on secondary site, adding 16 villages, additional places. Risinghurst and part of Oxford City (Barton Estate).

Kingfisher School Abingdon, Didcot, Pupils with 78.5 81 90 88 88 2014: another class opened due to increasing numbers, using existing space in the school. (Good) Wallingford and SLD and 2017: new 3 classroom building to replace 2 classroom prefabricated building and create an Abingdon surrounding PMLD, aged 2- additional classroom . The project replaced 16 existing places and provided 8 new places. villages as well as 19 Cumnor.

Mabel Prichard Oxford Pupils with 81.5 94.5 100 101 101 The school has two sites both co-located with mainstream schools: Oxford Academy and School SLD and Orchard Meadow Primary School. Orchard Meadow and Mabel Prichard Schools share an (Good) PMLD, aged 2- Integrated Foundation Stage Unit for children aged 2-5. Oxford 19 2011: secondary and post-16 accommodation new builds. 2017: single-class extension built to be used as a classroom for D&T / Art, and enable the existing D&T classroom to be converted into a KS2 classroom, providing 8 additional places.

Northern House Oxfordshire Pupils with 76.5 78 86 86 86 2011: new 6 classroom block with new food technology room to replace 'temporary ' buildings, School SEMH needs reproviding 40 places and adding 8 additional places. (Outstanding) aged 5-11 Ongoing explorations of alternative sites. Oxford School, town, Main area served Caters for Pupils on Pupils on Pupils on No. of No. of Comments and growth planning ofsted grade roll roll roll funded funded 2016/17 2017/18 2018/19 places places (Dec 16) (Dec 17) (Dec 18) 2018/19 2019/20 Northfield School Oxfordshire Pupils with 55 68 44 76 76 2017: new 2 classroom modular building providing 16 additional places. (Inadequate) SEMH needs, 2018: significant repairs needed, reducing capacity available for use; longer term options being Oxford aged 11-18 explored. Pupil numbers have been reduced in the meantime. Boys only 2019: academy sponsor being sought after the school was put into Special Measures by Ofsted in November 2018. Statutory proposal to expand the school to a capacity of 108 places, including rebuilding the school with purpose built accommodation, approved July 2019, subject to an academy sponsor being appointed. In the meantime, pupil numbers have been managed down temporarily. 2021/22: new building expected to open with increased capacity. Springfield School West Oxfordshire Pupils with 97.8 104 111 103 103 Primary provision is co-located with Madley Brook Community Primary School including an (Good) SLD and integrated nursery. Secondary provision is co-located on the Wood Green School site. Additional Witney PMLD, aged 2- class opened September 2015. 16 Woodeaton Manor Oxfordshire Pupils with 70 80 84 84 84 The school has residential provision, open term-time only and weekdays. School SEMH needs 2012: new modular classroom building to support lowering of school age range to admit a class (Good education, aged 7 -18 of up to 6 primary age pupils. outstanding for 2017: internal alterations to create 2 additional classrooms, increasing capacity by 8 places in the residential) first instance. Woodeaton 2018: capacity increased by a further 8 places. Meadowbrook Countywide Pupils with The college is place funded by the DfE for 106 fulltime Oxfordshire’s Pupil Referral Unit and Integration Service. Located across three sites in College (Good) SEMH needs, places. These are offered as a mixture of short-term and Oxfordshire: Banbury, Oxford and Abingdon, this is an Alternative Provision (AP) Academy that aged 5-16 longer term, and full-time or part-time, provision. provides full and part-time education and support to students who are finding it difficult to access Numbers therefore fluctuatue throughout the year. their mainstream schools.

Oxfordshire Countywide Children n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a Currently based at St Nicholas Primary School, Oxford. Proposal to relocate to St Gregory the Hospital School medically unfit Great's site, Island Building, related to Swan School being opened on Meadowbrook site. (Outstanding) to attend Alternative venues for outreach service being sought. school

NEW: free school North Oxfordshire Pupils with n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 2017: The Gallery Trust submitted successful free school bid for a new 100 place school in north approved to be ASD and Oxfordshire, which will free up spaces at the existing Iffley Academy and reduce travel distances run by the Gallery SEMH needs for many pupils. Due to open 2021. Trust and associated C&L needs, aged 7-18 NEW: planned Didcot Pupils with n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a Site agreed as part of a Didcot housing development. Free School bid conditionally approved by special school ASD and DfE. Current expectation is for the site to be available from 2023. Didcot SEMH needs, aged 7-18