Background
Cheshire West and Chester Council and Dee Banks School is proposing to permanently expand the school, via satellite expansion at Butterbache Road. Dee Banks school, Sandy Lane, Chester, Cheshire, CH3 5UX. In order to fulfil the Council’s statutory duty to provide a sufficiency of SEN School places in the local area.
The Council is currently implementing recommendations from a review of its Special Educational Needs and Disability system and has just approved a significant increase in school places for children and young people with additional needs.
They have looked at the levels of current and future demand for school places and have mapped it against the current provision. They know that there has been an increase both locally and nationally for specialist placements for children and young people.
The Proposal.
The Governing Body of Dee Banks School and The Council are proposing to permanently increase the number of school places to enable the temporary increase in school places, established in September 2024, to be made permanent. Dee Banks is currently running a temporary satellite site with additional provision being provided from September 2024 at Butterbache Road. Butterbache Road is the previous Huntington primary school site and the building and has been repurposed to accommodate specialist teaching provision.
We would like your comments on the Council's proposals for Dee Banks School Expansion via Butterbache Road outlined in the consultation document. Please read this document before completing this survey.
Closing date: Midnight 16 June 2025
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