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Decision details

School Admission Arrangements 2019/20

Decision Maker: Cabinet

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: Yes

Is subject to call in?: Yes

Purpose:

In accordance with Section 89 of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 and the Education (Determination of Admission Arrangements ) (Wales) Regulations 2016 the Council is required to review the School Admission Policy annually.

 

The School Admission Arrangements must be determined for implementation in September 2019.

 

Prior to agreeing the aforementioned arrangements the Council is required to conduct annual consultation.  On undertaking this process in 2016/17 stakeholders expressed that they wanted further consideration of additional/alternate criteria.  As such Cabinet agreed to authorise officers to consider further the Council’s school admission arrangements including wider research into alternative options and the impact of each, in advance of consultation on the Council’s School

Admissions Policy 2019/20.

 

The Cabinet report will set out the outcome of this research and the proposed admission arrangements for 2019/20 following consideration of the outcomes prior to consultation which must take place between 1 September 2017 and 1 March 2018.

 

Decision:

RESOLVED: that

 

1.   officers be authorised to consult on the revised admissions oversubscription criteria for admission to nursery, primary and secondary education as included in Appendix 4

 

2.   it be noted that a report will be received in Spring 2018 on the outcome of the consultation to support determination of the Admission Arrangements for 2019/20

 

3.   officers be authorised to give further consideration to how alternative admissions criteria may impact positively on diversity and/or socio-economically disadvantaged pupils

 

4.   it be noted that revisions to school catchment areas will follow the consultations on proposed changes to the existing pattern of school provision arising from the 21st Century School Band B programme.

 

Other reasons / organisations consulted

A range of stakeholders will be consulted as part of the annual admission arrangements consultation.

Publication date: 17/11/2017

Date of decision: 16/11/2017

Decided at meeting: 16/11/2017 - Cabinet

Effective from: 29/11/2017

Accompanying Documents:

 

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