Issue - meetings

Cllr Philip Robinson, Cabinet Member for Education, Skills and Bus Transport, sought Cabinet approval to determine the following school admission arrangements for 2024/25 academic year:

• The Co-ordinated Admissions Schemes for all schools and academies
• The Admission Arrangements for Community & Voluntary Controlled Schools
• The Protocol for pupil admittance over Published Admission Number for Community & Voluntary Controlled Schools and Service Personnel.

Having considered all of the information, Cabinet noted the report and

RESOLVED to:

Approve the School Co-ordination and Admission Arrangements as set out in the documents referred to below:

Appendix 1 The Co-ordinated Admissions Scheme for 2024 for all Primary/Infant/Junior/Secondary Schools and Academies

Appendix 2 The Admissions Arrangements for Community and Voluntary Controlled Primary/Infant/Junior Schools and Secondary School for 2024 (Including Published Admission Numbers)

Appendix 3 Protocol for pupil admittance over published admission number for Community and Voluntary Controlled Schools for 2024

Appendix 4 School Admissions guidance for children of UK service personnel and crown servants for Community and Voluntary Controlled Schools

Cllr Philip Robinson, Cabinet Member for Education, Skills and Bus Transport, sought Cabinet approval to determine the school admission arrangements for the 2024/25 academic year.

The Government regulates admissions through the School Admissions Code 2021. Each year the Council must determine the admission arrangements for entry to community and voluntary controlled schools for the following academic year. The deadline for determining the admission arrangements for the 2024/25 academic year was 28 February 2023.

It was noted by the cabinet report that the 2024 admission arrangements had almost unchanged from previous years, with the last consultation completed in 2016 for the 2018 admission arrangements. The next scheduled full consultation will be completed in 2023 for the 2025 admission arrangements.

The report explained that, as there were no significant changes to the proposed admission arrangements for 2024/2025, (no legal requirement for a full public consultation), cabinet was able to approve the proposed admission arrangements without further consultation.

The Council must also prepare a co-ordinated admissions scheme for all maintained schools and academies, (to allow parents to only apply once). This includes applications for infant/primary schools for the reception year, transfer from infant to junior school and secondary schools at Year 7, but not In Year applications. Cabinet was recommended to approve the proposed admissions scheme, (for which consultation had been undertaken previously).

Having considered all of the information, Cabinet noted the report and

RESOLVED to:

Approve the School Co-ordination and Admission Arrangements as set out in the documents referred to below:

Appendix 1 The Co-ordinated Admissions Scheme for 2024 for all Primary/Infant/Junior/Secondary Schools and Academies

Appendix 2 The Admissions Arrangements for Community and Voluntary Controlled Primary/Infant/Junior Schools and Secondary School for 2024 (Including Published Admission Numbers)

Appendix 3 Protocol for pupil admittance over published admission number for Community and Voluntary Controlled Schools for 2024

Appendix 4 School Admissions guidance for children of UK service personnel and crown servants for Community and Voluntary Controlled Schools