Decision - Secondary School Admission Arrangements 2018/9 and 2019/20

24.1    RESOLVED:

            That the Committee agreed:

(1)   Noted the responses to the engagement activities which had helped to inform the current proposals developed by the Cross Party School Organisation Working Group (CPSOWG) for future admission arrangements.

(2)  Noted that, as their own admission authorities, Cardinal Newman Catholic School, King’s School, the Brighton Aldridge Community Academy, Portslade Aldridge Community Academy and the new University of Brighton Academies Trust secondary school were responsible for their own admission arrangements.

(3)  Agreed that in view of the lack of greater certainty regarding the site of the new University of Brighton Academies Trust secondary school it would premature to make significant and potentially uninformed changes to the admissions arrangements for September 2018.

(4)  Requested that a report be provided to the Committee in due course in respect of progress in finding a site for the new school, including, if required, a temporary site so as to provide for the opening of the school in September 2018.

(5)  Noted that pending the identification of a suitable catchment to reflect the site of the school, the new University of Brighton Academies Trust secondary school had agreed (subject to approval from the DfE) to adopt admission arrangements for September 2018 which would provide for parents across the city to seek admission, but that those admissions arrangements would be the subject of further review for admissions in 2019 as the Trust were fully committed to being part of city wide co-ordinated admissions scheme.

(6) Agreed that any future formal consultation in respect of admission

arrangements should include the proposal for the introduction of a priority for pupils in receipt of Free School Meals (FSM).

(7)  Noted that a report to determine the admission arrangements for maintained community schools, for entry in September 2018, would be presented to this committee for consideration in due course.