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We would like to hear your views on a proposal to open a 20 place Specialist Resource Provision for pupils with Autistic Spectrum Disorder and/or speech, language and communication needs from September 2026 at St. Edmund’s Church of England Primary School.
More information can be found in the Consultation letter, which is available from the Documents section on this webpage.
We have completed an Equality Impact Assessment (EqIA) to see if the proposal could affect anyone unfairly. We welcome your views on the assumptions we have made and the conclusions we have drawn. The EqIA is available from the Documents section on this webpage.
Have your say
If you wish to support, object to or comment on this proposal, please respond by either:
sending a copy of the response form by post to either:
Ian Watts, Assistant Director Education (North Kent), Children, Young People and Education, Kent County Council, Worrall House, 30 Kings Hill Avenue, West Malling, Kent, ME19 4AE or
Ben Hulme, Executive Headteacher, St. Edmund’s Church of England Primary School, Fawkham Road, West Kingsdown, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN15 6JP.
handing your response form in at St Edmund's Church of England School office.
All responses need to be received by midday on 23 March 2026.
We would like to hear your views on a proposal to open a 20 place Specialist Resource Provision for pupils with Autistic Spectrum Disorder and/or speech, language and communication needs from September 2026 at St. Edmund’s Church of England Primary School.
More information can be found in the Consultation letter, which is available from the Documents section on this webpage.
We have completed an Equality Impact Assessment (EqIA) to see if the proposal could affect anyone unfairly. We welcome your views on the assumptions we have made and the conclusions we have drawn. The EqIA is available from the Documents section on this webpage.
Have your say
If you wish to support, object to or comment on this proposal, please respond by either:
sending a copy of the response form by post to either:
Ian Watts, Assistant Director Education (North Kent), Children, Young People and Education, Kent County Council, Worrall House, 30 Kings Hill Avenue, West Malling, Kent, ME19 4AE or
Ben Hulme, Executive Headteacher, St. Edmund’s Church of England Primary School, Fawkham Road, West Kingsdown, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN15 6JP.
handing your response form in at St Edmund's Church of England School office.
St Edmunds Church of England Primary School is currently at this stage
23 February 2026
Consultation closes
this is an upcoming stage for St Edmunds Church of England Primary School
23 March 2026 at midday
The results of the consultation will be referred to the Governing Body for consideration. A formal decision will be made and sent to KCC.
A report will be presented to the Corporate Director of Children, Young People and Education in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Education and Skills to make a decision on whether to agree the funding and issue a statutory Public Notice.
Proposed Public Notice
this is an upcoming stage for St Edmunds Church of England Primary School
April 2026
Proposed appeal to Public Notice period
this is an upcoming stage for St Edmunds Church of England Primary School
May 2026
Proposed implementation
this is an upcoming stage for St Edmunds Church of England Primary School
Post: St. Edmund’s Church of England Primary School, Fawkham Road, West Kingsdown, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN15 6JP
Custom
The County Council is the Strategic Commissioner of Education Provision in Kent. You can view the Commissioning Plan for Education Provision Kent 2024 to 2028 at: www.kent.gov.uk/educationprovision
You can view Kent County Council’s strategy for children and young people with special education needs and disabilities at: www.kent.gov.uk/sendstrategy