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KENT COUNTY COUNCIL EQUALITY ANALYSIS / IMPACT ASSESSMENT (EqIA)

Directorate: EDUCATION, LEARNING & SKILLS

Name of policy, procedure, project or service SCHOOL PROJECT

What is being assessed? • The increase in the designated number of pupils Broomhill Bank school can admit from 80 to 136

Responsible Owner / Senior Officer

JARED NEHRA, AREA EDUCATION OFFICER, WEST KENT

Date of Initial Screening 16 December 2013

Date of Full EqIA :

Update each revised version below and in the saved document name.

Version Author Date Comment 1 Jared Nehra 16.12.13

1 KCC/EqIA2013/March Screening Grid Assessment of Provide details: Could this policy, procedure, project or Could this policy, procedure, potential impact a) Is internal action required? service promote equal opportunities for this project or service affect this group HIGH/MEDIUM If yes what? group? Characteristic less favourably than others in LOW/NONE b) Is further assessment YES/NO - Explain how good practice can Kent? YES/NO UNKNOWN required? If yes, why? promote equal opportunities If yes how? Internal action must be If yes you must provide detail Positive Negative included in Action Plan Age No High None Yes. Positive as the additional places will mean that more families and pupils will benefit from the specialist facilities provided by the school. The improved facilities will greatly enhance the educational experience for students. This will have a positive impact on students and staff through the improvement of the learning environment. Disability No. The new school buildings will High None Yes. There will be more places available to provide facilities and meet the needs of children with complex accommodation that will be fully learning needs. The overarching aim of the compliant with the Equality Act SEND Strategy is to support every children and 2010. young person in Kent to achieve their full life potential, whatever their background. Improved facilities will be provided within the new school building to better meet the needs of the children. Gender No None None The school is for boys and girls aged between 11 and 19 years. Gender identity N/A Unknown Unknown N/A Race No None None Religion or No. The school accepts children None None belief of faith or no faith with statements of SEN who name the school on their statement.

Sexual N/A Unknown Unknown Unknown orientation

Pregnancy and N/A N/A N/A N/A 2 KCC/EqIA2013/March Assessment of Provide details: Could this policy, procedure, project or Could this policy, procedure, potential impact a) Is internal action required? service promote equal opportunities for this project or service affect this group HIGH/MEDIUM If yes what? group? Characteristic less favourably than others in LOW/NONE b) Is further assessment YES/NO - Explain how good practice can Kent? YES/NO UNKNOWN required? If yes, why? promote equal opportunities If yes how? Internal action must be If yes you must provide detail Positive Negative included in Action Plan maternity Marriage and N/A N/A N/A N/A Civil Partnerships Carer's N/A N/A N/A N/A responsibilities

3 KCC/EqIA2013/March Part 1: INITIAL SCREENING

Proportionality - Based on the answers in the above screening grid what weighting would you ascribe to this function – LOW Low Medium High Low relevance or Medium relevance or High relevance to Insufficient Insufficient equality, /likely to have information/evidence to information/evidence to adverse impact on make a judgement. make a Judgement. protected groups

Context This proposal forms part of a programme to deliver KCC’s commitment to rebuild or refurbish all of our special school buildings and increase the number of special school places in Kent.

There is a pressing need to commission further capacity for pupils with Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD), Behavioural, Emotional and Social Needs (BESN) and Speech and Language Needs. (Source: The Kent Commissioning Plan for Education Provision 2013-2018). KCC’s Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) Strategy identified the need to add at least 275 additional ASD and BESN places, including 175 places in Kent’s special schools.

Broomhill Bank is a successful special school that is highly effective in meeting the complex and diverse needs of its pupils. The school is situated at Rusthall, on the edge of Tunbridge Wells. The school was previously a day and residential all girls special school for learners with moderate learning difficulties. However, following a re-designation in 2008 the school became a co-educational school for pupils from 5-19 with communication and interaction difficulties.

The residential provision ceased in 2012 and the school is currently designated for 80 students aged 11-19, which includes up to 30 places in the Further Education Department. Students eligible for places will probably have a diagnosis of autism, aspergers or other significant social communication difficulty, such as pervasive developmental disorder, and/or severe receptive or expressive language impairment or disorder.

The school also supports a large number of students in local mainstream schools and provides training for mainstream staff through outreach services.

Over time, the number of pupils admitted to the school has increased, with the provision of temporary accommodation as necessary. The current roll stands at 92.

Aims and Objectives The project is to expand and update the current facilities in order to accommodate an additional 56 pupils (total 136) in line with the targets set out in the Kent Commissioning Plan and SEND Strategy.

Background documents are:  Kent’s Commissioning Plan for Education Provision 2013-2018  Kent’s SEND Strategy  Bold Steps for Kent

4 KCC/EqIA2013/March Beneficiaries  Students with communication and interaction difficulties (C&I) who have a Statement of special educational need and are likely to benefit from a place in a special school. Students eligible for places will probably have a diagnosis of autism, aspergers or other significant social communication difficulty, such as pervasive developmental disorder, and/or severe receptive or expressive language impairment or disorder  The Local Authority

Information and Data The data used in the project is published data on pupil numbers, school performance data and characteristics of the local pupil population.

Population age 0-15: 1,280 (620 males, 660 females) Population age 15-19: 410 (210 males, 200 females)

Broomhill Bank School is in Speldhurst and Bidborough Ward in Tunbridge Wells and population data gathered by Experian Limited in 2011 showed the following information regarding the main language of residents aged 3 and over:

 97.6% English  1.4% another European language  0.2% South Asian language  0.2% East Asian language

Information for the school is set out below.

 Broomhill Bank school is designated for 80 places for Students with communication and interaction difficulties (C&I) who have a Statement of special educational need and are likely to benefit from a place in a special school. Students eligible for places will probably have a diagnosis of autism, aspergers or other significant social communication difficulty, such as pervasive developmental disorder, and/or severe receptive or expressive language impairment or disorder.

School summary data gathered in the Autumn Term 2013 is as follows: Broomhill Kent National Bank % Eligible for Free School Meals 18.6 29.4 36.7 % SEN with Statements 100 100 96.3 % SEN without Statements 0 0 2.6 % Pupils with EAL 1.2 3.8 12.7 *IMD Score – January 2013 13.3 N/A IMD Rank (out of 24) 23 (1 is the most deprived) Ofsted outcome Grade 2: Good 03.12.13 For * Index of Multiple Deprivation (based on pupils’ home postcodes) ** IMD score for Kent is as at January 2012 For more detail on the Community visit: http://www.kent.gov.uk/your_council/kent_facts_and_figures/area_profiles.aspx

5 KCC/EqIA2013/March Involvement and Community Engagement Consultation is currently underway with the community and other stakeholders, including the following groups:  Local Children’s Centres and pre-school providers  Schools in Tunbridge Wells  Schools providing C&I provision in West Kent  Elected Members (Kent County Council, Tunbridge Wells District Council)  Tunbridge Wells Parish Councils  Local MP  Tunbridge Wells Clinical Commissioning Group(s)  Any Local Authority that maintains a statement of SEN for children at either school.

Potential Impact

Adverse Impact: No adverse impacts have been identified at this stage; however the outcome of the public consultation and community consultation will enable the Local Authority to test out these assumptions.

Positive Impact: Some positive impacts identified are:

• Young people with Students with communication and interaction difficulties (C&I) who have a Statement of special educational need and are likely to benefit from a place at Broomhill Bank with updated facilities specifically designed to meet their needs. • There will be an increase in total number of places available for young people with communication and interaction difficulties including. Students eligible for places will probably have a diagnosis of autism, aspergers or other significant social communication difficulty, such as pervasive developmental disorder, and/or severe receptive or expressive language impairment or disorder.

JUDGEMENT

Option 1 – Screening Sufficient YES/NO

Justification:

Option 2 – Internal Action Required YES/NO

Following this initial screening our judgement is that the outcome of public consultation will highlight any issues and if necessary will initiate a further EqIA.

Option 3 – Full Impact Assessment YES/NOT KNOWN

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Monitoring and Review

Equality and Diversity Team Comments

Sign Off

I have noted the content of the equality impact assessment and agree the actions to mitigate the adverse impact(s) that have been identified.

Senior Officer

Signed: Name:

Job Title: Date:

DMT Member

Signed: Name: Jared Nehra

Job Title: Area Education Officer Date: 08.01.14

7 KCC/EqIA2013/March Equality Impact Assessment Action Plan Protected Issues identified Action to be taken Expected Owner Timescale Cost Characteristic outcomes implications Age N/A

Disability N/A

Gender N/A

Race N/A

Religion or N/A Belief

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