Nexus Foundation Special School

Update - 15 August 2024

Details of the proposal to increase the Designated Number of places at Nexus Foundation Special School were reported to and endorsed by the Children, Young People and Education Cabinet Committee on 9 July 2024. Rory Love, the Cabinet Member for Education and Skills, having considered the recommendation from Cabinet Committee and the responses to the consultation, has agreed that a public notice should be issued.

The public notice is being published in a local edition of the Kent Messenger on 15 August 2024 and is available to view in the document section, together with the complete proposal.

The public notice will run for four weeks, during which time, any person may send in a response supporting, objecting to, or commenting on the proposal.


Have your say

The final date for sending in written representations is 12 September 2024. You may comment by:

  • emailing: school.consultations@kent.gov.uk
  • sending a response to Nicholas Abrahams, KCC Assistant Director Education (West Kent), West Kent Area Office, Sessions House, County Hall, Maidstone, Kent ME14 1XQ

Original text

The Nexus Governing Body, with support from Kent County Council (KCC), is proposing to increase the school’s Designated Number of places from 228 to 330 places from September 2024. KCC has identified that additional places are needed to meet the demand for places in Tonbridge and Malling and the wider West Kent area.

KCC, as the Local Authority (LA), has a statutory duty to ensure sufficient school places are available. The County Council’s Commissioning Plan for Education Provision in Kent 2024-28 (KCP) is a five-year rolling plan which is updated annually. It sets out our future plans as Strategic Commissioner of Education Provision across all types and phases of education in Kent.

The Commissioning Plan highlights the SEN place pressure that Kent has experienced, with the number of Education Health and Care Plans (EHCPs) increasing significantly in recent years. The demand for special school provision within Tonbridge and the wider West Kent area has increased in line with the Kent average, and in recent years KCC has commissioned additional places at Nexus. Since the academic year 2021/22 Nexus has temporarily increased its intake to 16 on its main site and to 6 for the Wouldham satellite to meet the commissioned demand. The demand for places at Nexus is set to remain for the foreseeable future and therefore the proposed scheme provides the physical capacity to continue to admit the increased intakes on a permanent basis.

Have your say

If you wish to comment on this proposal, please respond by:

All written responses need to be received by midnight on 21 June 2024.

Update - 15 August 2024

Details of the proposal to increase the Designated Number of places at Nexus Foundation Special School were reported to and endorsed by the Children, Young People and Education Cabinet Committee on 9 July 2024. Rory Love, the Cabinet Member for Education and Skills, having considered the recommendation from Cabinet Committee and the responses to the consultation, has agreed that a public notice should be issued.

The public notice is being published in a local edition of the Kent Messenger on 15 August 2024 and is available to view in the document section, together with the complete proposal.

The public notice will run for four weeks, during which time, any person may send in a response supporting, objecting to, or commenting on the proposal.


Have your say

The final date for sending in written representations is 12 September 2024. You may comment by:

  • emailing: school.consultations@kent.gov.uk
  • sending a response to Nicholas Abrahams, KCC Assistant Director Education (West Kent), West Kent Area Office, Sessions House, County Hall, Maidstone, Kent ME14 1XQ

Original text

The Nexus Governing Body, with support from Kent County Council (KCC), is proposing to increase the school’s Designated Number of places from 228 to 330 places from September 2024. KCC has identified that additional places are needed to meet the demand for places in Tonbridge and Malling and the wider West Kent area.

KCC, as the Local Authority (LA), has a statutory duty to ensure sufficient school places are available. The County Council’s Commissioning Plan for Education Provision in Kent 2024-28 (KCP) is a five-year rolling plan which is updated annually. It sets out our future plans as Strategic Commissioner of Education Provision across all types and phases of education in Kent.

The Commissioning Plan highlights the SEN place pressure that Kent has experienced, with the number of Education Health and Care Plans (EHCPs) increasing significantly in recent years. The demand for special school provision within Tonbridge and the wider West Kent area has increased in line with the Kent average, and in recent years KCC has commissioned additional places at Nexus. Since the academic year 2021/22 Nexus has temporarily increased its intake to 16 on its main site and to 6 for the Wouldham satellite to meet the commissioned demand. The demand for places at Nexus is set to remain for the foreseeable future and therefore the proposed scheme provides the physical capacity to continue to admit the increased intakes on a permanent basis.

Have your say

If you wish to comment on this proposal, please respond by:

All written responses need to be received by midnight on 21 June 2024.