St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Sevenoaks

We would like to hear your views on a proposal to open a 15-place Specialist Resource Provision (SRP) for pupils with Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and/or Speech, Language and Communication Needs (SLCN) from September 2027.

A modular classroom would be placed on the school site and would have the necessary adaptations to allow it to accommodate the SRP. It would be a safe space for the pupils in a specific area towards the front of the school site – this area would include an enclosed outdoor learning space for these pupils, providing them with a consistent ‘home’ to access the support of the SRP staff and a place where they can spend recreation time should they so wish.

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 to 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:

  • completing our online response form
  • 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
    • Amanda McGarrigle, Headteacher, St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, St Mary's Road, Swanley, Kent, BR8 7BU.
  • handing your response form in at St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School office.
  • by emailing: school.consultations@kent.gov.uk or admin@st-marys-swanley.kent.sch.uk. Please put ‘St Mary's SRP’ in the subject line.

All written responses need to be received by 16 October 2026.

We would like to hear your views on a proposal to open a 15-place Specialist Resource Provision (SRP) for pupils with Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and/or Speech, Language and Communication Needs (SLCN) from September 2027.

A modular classroom would be placed on the school site and would have the necessary adaptations to allow it to accommodate the SRP. It would be a safe space for the pupils in a specific area towards the front of the school site – this area would include an enclosed outdoor learning space for these pupils, providing them with a consistent ‘home’ to access the support of the SRP staff and a place where they can spend recreation time should they so wish.

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 to 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:

  • completing our online response form
  • 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
    • Amanda McGarrigle, Headteacher, St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, St Mary's Road, Swanley, Kent, BR8 7BU.
  • handing your response form in at St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School office.
  • by emailing: school.consultations@kent.gov.uk or admin@st-marys-swanley.kent.sch.uk. Please put ‘St Mary's SRP’ in the subject line.

All written responses need to be received by 16 October 2026.