SALFORD COUNCIL ISSUES A STATEMENT AFTER CONCERNS ABOUT CHANGES TO EHCP

This proposal would potentially affect parents of nursery aged children and post-16 education students. There will be no request for an annual contribution from those parents of students aged 5-16 years who use council provided transport to school.

We have written to all parents currently using transport to notify them of the proposals, as they may wish to express a view if access to transport to school/college post 16 is a potential future plan.

In addition, the proposal to extend the travel training programme will involve students who are in Year 9 and above who can undertake the training. Salford City Council currently operates a successful travel training programme for students with an EHCP. We would like to build on this success by employing additional trainers in the city to extend the training to more students in the future. All assessments of student’s capabilities are conducted in full consultation with students, parents/carers and school staff. We do understand that this type of independent travel training will not be suitable for all our students due to varying levels of need.

As some parents have said they have only just become aware of these proposals, we have extended the consultation until Friday 15 December 2017 to give those parents time to submit their views if they wish to do so.

Views can be submitted in a number of ways:

•  On line: https://www.salford.gov.uk/your-council/have-your-say/consultations/ (see Transport consultation). Copies of the consultation documents are available to download on this webpage.
•  By e-mail: TransportConsult@salford.gov.uk
•  By post: Transport Consultation, SEN team, 1st Floor, Burrows House, 10 Priestley Road, Wardley Industrial Estate, Worsley, M28 2LY

We would like to stress no changes have been made at this point in time.

The consultation is to gather views on the proposals before any decisions are made.