See answers to previous information requests

Please provide the following details of any changes in capacity of SEND provision (e.g. school openings, expansions, closures etc) in Wokingham over the last 12 months (state and private) for young people aged 0-25
a) Name of school: Chiltern Way Academy
b) Location of site: Gipsy Lane, Wokingham, RG40 2HR
c) Type of change e.g. opening vs. expansion: New VI Form
d) The old capacity and the new capacity, with both numbers broken down into day places and residential places: Old Capacity = 0 / New Capacity = 10 (all day places)
e) The pupil age range: 16-19
f) The type and acuity of SEND for which the provision caters: ASD / SLCN
g) The approximate date of the opening/expansion/closure/etc: September 2025
h) If relevant, the name of the trust/group of which the provision is a part: Chiltern Way Academy Trust

2. Please provide the following details, if known, of any planned changes to the capacity of SEND provision (e.g. school openings, expansions, closures etc) in Wokingham over the next 4 years (state and private) for young people aged 0-25.
a) Name of school (if not yet named please mark as unknown)
b) Location of site
c) Type of change e.g. opening vs. expansion
d) The old capacity and the new capacity, with both numbers broken down into day places and residential places
e) The planned pupil age range
f) The type and acuity of SEND for which the provision will cater
g) The approximate planned opening date
h) If relevant, the name of the trust/group of which the provision will be a part
Confirmed changes are set out below. We confirm schemes on an annual basis and therefore do not have confirmed plans beyond September 2026.
Scheme 1:
a) Post-16 SEND Hub
b) Denmark Street, Wokingham, RG40 2AY
c) Opening New Provision
d) Old Capacity = 0 / New Capacity = 40 (all day places)
e) 16-19
f) ASD / SLCN / SEMH
g) September 2026
h) Activate Learning

Scheme 2:
a) Walter Infant School
b) Murray Road, Wokingham, Berkshire, RG41 2TA
c) New Resourced Provision
d) Old Capacity = 0 / New Capacity = 12 (all day places)
e) 4-7
f) ASD / SLCN
g) September 2026
h) Community School

Scheme 3:
a) St. Paul’s CofE Junior School
b) Oxford Road, Wokingham, Berkshire, RG41 2YJ
c) New Resourced Provision
d) Old Capacity = 0 / New Capacity = 16 (all day places)
e) 7-11
f) ASD / SLCN
g) September 2026
h) Diocese of Oxford

Scheme 4:
a) Winnersh Primary School
b) Greenwood Grove, Winnersh, Wokingham, Berkshire, RG41 5LH
c) New Resourced Provision
d) Old Capacity = 0 / New Capacity = 14 (all day places)
e) 4-11
f) SEMH
g) September 2026
h) Community School

Scheme 5:
a) Keep Hatch Primary School
b) Ashridge Road, Wokingham, Berkshire, RG40 1PG
c) New Resourced Provision
d) Old Capacity = 0 / New Capacity = 15 (all day places)
e) 4-11
f) SEMH
g) September 2026
h) LDBS Frays Academy Trust

Scheme 6:
a) Waingels College
b) Waingels Road, Woodley, Reading, Berkshire, RG5 4RF
c) New Resourced Provision
d) Old Capacity = 0 / New Capacity = 25 (all day places)
e) 11-18
f) ASD / SLCN
g) September 2026
h) Orchard Learning Alliance

Scheme 7:
a) The Bulmershe School
b) Woodlands Avenue, Woodley, Reading, Berkshire, RG5 3EU
c) New Resourced Provision
d) Old Capacity = 0 / New Capacity = 25 (all day places)
e) 11-18
f) MLD
g) September 2026
h) The Corvus Learning Trust

3. Please confirm whether the various projections found in the Wokingham SEND Sufficiency Statement 2025-30 are the most up-to-date forecasts or whether they have since been updated (if so, please provide the updated versions).
Yes, these are the current forecasts.

4. If available, please provide the total annual spend in Wokingham on funding EHCP placements for young people aged 0-25 (forecast or provisional) for the academic year 2025/26, if possible split by primary need.
The total funding was £45,944k for FY25/26 and sorry we don’t group all our funding by primary need

5. Please could you provide a list of all the 'Other independent special schools' at which Wokingham currently has placements, and for each school please list the total number of current placements and then a breakdown of the total placements number according to the annual cost of the placement. This breakdown could be into buckets, for example, 'School X, 7 placements in total, Bucket 1: 0 placements cost £40-45k, Bucket 2: 3 placements cost £45-50k, Bucket 3: 1 placement costs £50-55k, Bucket 4: 3 placements cost £55-60k, etc.' The information you provided on this topic in September/October last year was incredibly helpful and I'm very keen to understand how the numbers have change from then to now.
Please see attached spreadsheet.