Issue - meetings

(Report of the Director of Children’s Services. To be introduced by the Cabinet Member for Children’s Services). The report seeks approval to go out to consultation on the proposed admission arrangements and coordination scheme for all schools and academies.

Cabinet considered a report, presented by the Cabinet Member for Children’s Services, which sought approval of proposed admission arrangements for all community schools to go out to public consultation on 3 December 2012.

It was confirmed that alternative options were being considered to create additional places following the recent decision that Belmont Infant School would not be expanded and that Cabinet would receive a report with respect to these once they had been finalised.

RESOLVED:

That it be agreed that proposed arrangements for all community schools should go out to public consultation on 3 December 2012. The consultation was required to taken place for a period of eight weeks and would therefore close on 28 January 2013.

Alternative Options Considered

Not applicable.

Reasons for Decision

To ensure that the proposed admissions arrangements for community schools go out to public consultation within the statutory timeframe and that the co-ordinated scheme is adopted by the statutory deadline.