Issue details

School Admission Arrangements for 2024/25 Academic Year

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.

Decision type: Key

Reason Key: Affects two or more divisions;

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Notice of proposed decision first published: 28/11/2022

Decision due: 25 Jan 2023 by Cabinet

Lead member: Cllr Philip Robinson, Cabinet Member for Education, Skills and Bus Transport philip.robinson@gloucestershire.gov.uk

Consultation process

Planned Dates

·         Legislation states that the council must determine its 2024/25 admission arrangements by 28th February 2023 and publish by 15th March 2023.

·         Unless there are major changes to policies, admission authorities are only required to complete a full public consultation once every seven years. The next full consultation is due next year in 2023 for the 2025 admission arrangements, unless changes are made under statutory guidance.

 

Consultees

MAIN CONSULTEES
• Full consultation took place in 2016. There are no significant changes to the proposed admission arrangements for 2024/2025 and therefore full public consultation is not required by law.

Decisions

Agenda items

Background papers

  • • The School Admissions Codes 2021 and associated Regulations School admissions code 2021 (publishing.service.gov.uk)  
  • • Determined Co-ordinated Scheme and Admission Arrangements for 2023 and previous years Determined Admission Criteria and Scheme for 2023 - Gloucestershire County Council