That:

(a)        the Pupil Referral Unit be funded as set out below

(i)            80 places for the period April 2019 to August 2019 comprising 50 places for permanently excluded pupils and 30 discretionary managed move/ intervention places

(ii)          50 places for new and existing permanently excluded pupils for the period September 2019 to March 2020 and thereafter 50 places annually

(iii)         15 places for discretionary managed move/intervention for existing pupils for the  period September 2019 to August 2020

(iv)         15 discretionary intervention places  for new pupils to be charged at cost to the school purchasing the place until August 2020 and thereafter 30 discretionary places annually to be charged at cost to the school purchasing the place

(v)          savings on a phased basis of £30,000 in 2019/20, a further £100,000 in 2020/21 and a final £70,000 in 2021/22 be approved

(vi)         An intervention fund be approved on a phased basis of £50,000 from September 2019 in 2019/20, £125,000 in 2020/21 and £175,000 in 2021/22 for use by the In-year fair access panel, or similar, to support schools with meeting the needs of students following consultation with the Herefordshire Association of Secondary Headteachers (HASH)

(vii)        An increase of £1,000 in the PRU top-up fee to £6,700 for all students from September 2019

(b)       budget efficiencies and increased charges to schools in the SEN support services to a total of £110,000 be approved from April 2019, a further budget efficiency of £40,000 from April 2020 and a final budget efficiency of £50,000 in April 2021;

(c)       an income budget of £100,000 be set for the high needs contingency in expectation of an equivalent saving in Complex Need  Funding for 2019/20; and

(d)       the high needs budget including the amendments as above be approved as set out in Appendix 1