Derbyshire County Council considers £953,000 funding boost for Shirebrook school to increase special needs places
Derbyshire council is planning on allocating nearly £1m of Government funding for a Shirebrook primary school as part of its latest plans and funding contributions to increase special educational needs places by 300 across the county.
The county council’s Cabinet previously approved plans for £4,838,000 from an £11m pot of Government funding to be used at Shirebrook’s Stubbin Wood Nursery, as well as Chesterfeld’s Ashgate Croft School, Alfreton Park School, Long Eaton’s Brackenfield SEND School, Swanwick School and Sports College, and Stanton Vale School.
Shirebrook’s Stubbin Wood Nursery School, on Common Lane, has already been allocated £270,000 from the £11m pot to accommodate 15 additional special needs pupils from September, 2024, with permanent accommodation and suitable outside space but it now hopes to receive a further £953,000 from the same pot to progress the overall project and this is to be considered at a Cabinet meeting, today (January 9).
A council spokesperson stated: “The project will aim to provide permanent accommodation and suitable outside space to increase special school provision for pupils with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities in which specialist provision is named, on a site that has been identified in partnership with TEAM Education Trust.”
Council officers have recommended the Cabinet approves the further allocation of £953,000 for Stubbin Wood School when it meets today (January 9) to consider the Children’s Services SEND Capital allocations and the school’s new provision is expected to be based on the Burlington Avenue site with the academy’s current nursery.
Further allocations and progress as part of the £11m plan originally announced in July, 2024, are expected to be made in the coming months, according to the council.