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School Admission Arrangements 2016/17

Meeting: 09/03/2015 - Children & Young People Committee (Item 82)

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Report of the Executive Director of Children’s Services (copy attached)

 

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Additional documents:

Decision:

RESOLVED: That the Committee agreed that:

 

(1)  The proposed school admission numbers as set out in the consultation documents be adopted for the admissions year 2016/17

 

(2)  The admission priorities for Community Schools as set out in the consultation documents be adopted for all age groups

 

(3)  The Council should review the final version of the Cardinal Newman Catholic School and King’s School admission arrangements (as amended in light of the Diocesan response and parental and school responses) to decide whether it should comment further.

 

(4)  The co-ordinated schemes of admission be approved

 

(5)  The city boundary be retained as the relevant area for consultation for school admissions

Minutes:

82.1      The Committee considered the report of the Executive Director for Children’s Services, which provided information on the admission arrangements for Brighton & Hove Schools in 2016/17. The report was introduced by the Head of Education Planning and Contracts.

 

82.2      Councillor Pissaridou asked how many years Dorothy Stringer and Varndean had been directed to take additional pupils over and above their Published Admission Number. The Head of Education Planning and Contracts advised that the two schools had been directed once.

 

82.3      RESOLVED:

 

That the Committee agreed that:

 

(1)    The proposed school admission numbers set out in the consultation documents be adopted for the admissions year 2016/17

 

(2)    The admission priorities for Community School set out in the consultation documents be adopted for all age groups.

 

(3)    The Council should review the final version of the Cardinal Newman Catholic School and King’s School admission arrangements (as amended in light of the Diocesan response and parental and school responses) to decide whether it should comment further.

 

(4)    The co-ordinated schemes of admissions be approved.

 

(5)    The city boundary be retained as the relevant area for consultation for school admissions.



 


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