Issue details

School Admissions Arrangements for the 2025/26 Academic Year for Community (C) and Voluntary Controlled (VC) Schools

 

 

To determine the School Admissions Arrangements for 2025 -26, including:

·       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.

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 Note:

 Admission authorities are only required to complete a full public consultation once every seven years. The last consultation was completed in 2016 for the 2018 admission arrangements.  Therefore, on this occasion, a full consultation was undertaken. 

We are required to determine the Admission Scheme, Arrangements and Protocol for 2025/2026. Included in this consultation is the publication of PAN for Community and Voluntary Controlled Schools.

 

Decision type: Key

Reason Key: Expenditure > £500,000 and 2 Divisions affected;

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Notice of proposed decision first published: 27/11/2023

Decision due: 31 Jan 2024 by Cabinet

Lead member: Cllr Philip Robinson, Cabinet Member for Education and Bus Transport

Decisions

Agenda items

Background papers

  • Officer Decision (01/09/2023): Public consultation on School Admission Arrangements for the 2025/26 Academic Year for Community (C) and Voluntary Controlled (VC)  
  • Cabinet Decision (25/01/2023): School Admission Arrangements for 2024/25 Academic Year  
  • Government documents are available from the DfE: www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-admissions-code--2  
  • The council’s current 2023 admission policies are available on its website: www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/education-and-learning/school-admissions-scheme-criteria-and-protocol/determined-admission-criteria-and-scheme-for-2023/  
  • The council’s determined 2024 admission policies are available on its website: www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/education-and-learning/school-admissions-scheme-criteria-and-protocol/determined-admission-criteria-and-scheme-for-2024/