Here is our latest update, covering: progress being made to expand and improve Additional Learning Needs provision; an opportunity to help design a new skatepark; and coronavirus in numbers.

Cardiff's significant proposals to increase provision for children with Additional Learning Needs are progressed

Cardiff Council's plans to deliver a series of proposals to expand and improve provision for children and young people with Additional Learning Needs (ALN) are progressing.

In one of the most comprehensive programmes of improvements to the sector in Cardiff, the Council has proposed creating additional places for pupils aged between 3 and 19 across the city.

A public consultation took place earlier this year with the views submitted universally in support of the city's significant plans to help meet increasing demand for provision for children across the whole range of additional needs, including those on the autism spectrum. They involve more than a dozen special, primary and secondary schools, offering both English and Welsh-medium education.

Following the Cabinet's decisions made in March, 11 Public Statutory Notices were published on 6 May 2022, in accordance with section 48 of The School Standards and Organisation (Wales) Act 2013. They include:

• Establishing a 20 place Specialist Resource Base for primary aged children with Complex Learning Needs at Moorland Primary School from September 2023
• Establishing a 30 place Specialist Resource Base for learners with complex learning needs at Willows High School from September 2023
• Increasing the designated number at the Llanishen High School Specialist Resource Base for learners with Autism Spectrum Condition from 20 to 45 places from September 2022
• Establishing a 30 place Specialist Resource Base at Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Glantaf alongside the existing 30 place Specialist Resource Base for learners with Autism Spectrum Condition from September 2023
• Increasing the designated number of Ty Gwyn Special School from 198 to 240 from September 2022
• Increasing the designated number of The Hollies Special School from 90 to 119 from September 2022; further increase the designated number of The Hollies Special School from 119 to 150 from September 2023
• Increasing the designated number at the Specialist Resource Base at Llanishen Fach Primary School for learners with complex learning needs from 20 to 30 places from September 2023
• Increasing the designated number at the Specialist Resource Base at Pentrebane Primary School for learners with Autism Spectrum Condition from 20 to 24 spaces from September 2022
• Increasing the capacity of The Court Special School from 42 to 72 places.  The school would transfer to new build accommodation across two sites at Fairwater Primary School and the current St Mellons, CiW Primary School site in Llanrumney with 36 pupils on each site from September 2025.
• Establishing a 20-place Specialist Resource Base for emotional health and wellbeing at Cardiff West Community High School from September 2022.
• Establishing a 20-place Specialist Resource Base for emotional health and wellbeing at Eastern High from September 2023.

Statutory Notices in respect of proposed expansion of specialist provision at Meadowbank Special School, Marlborough Primary School and Springwood Primary School will be published in June 2022.

Read more here:

https://www.cardiffnewsroom.co.uk/releases/c25/29035.html

Help design a new Skatepark

The design of a modern concrete Skatepark in Llanrumney will be shaped by the views of the local and wider-skateboard community.

Now an Olympic sport, the skatepark will provide a place for skaters of all ages and abilities to practice their skills in a high-quality facility designed by award winning consultants VDZ+A and Newline Skateparks.

A design kick-off meeting to establish initial views on the Llanrumney skatepark will take place at Eastern Leisure Centre (and simultaneously on Zoom) on May 18th from 5.30pm - 7pm.

An online survey will also be available, after the meeting, to gather views from those unable to attend.

Zoom Link: tinyurl.com/llanrumneyzoom

Coronavirus in numbers

Cardiff & Vale University Health Board Vaccination Status Update

Vaccination totals for Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan:

https://cavuhb.nhs.wales/covid-19/cavuhb-covid-19-mass-vaccination-programme/

Cardiff Cases and Tests - 7 Days Data (06 May - 12 May 2022)

Based on latest figures from Public Health Wales:

https://public.tableau.com/profile/public.health.wales.health.protection#!/vizhome/RapidCOVID-19virology-Public/Headlinesummary

Data correct as of:

16 May 2022

Cases: 74

Cases per 100,000 population: 20.2 (Wales: 18.3 cases per 100,000 population)

Testing episodes: 907

Testing per 100,000 population: 247.2

Positive proportion: 8.2% (Wales: 7.4% positive proportion)