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The Executive Director, People Services, submitted reports and commented upon two cases where parents had expressed a wish for their children to be admitted to secondary schools of their choice. The Executive Director stated that places in secondary schools had been identified by the City Council, in accordance with the published admission criteria, and it had been agreed that the Executive Director would provisionally allocate places at those schools where there were places available, up to the standard number/admission limit. The Committee was requested to consider prioritising the pupils on waiting lists, within their respective categories, for admission if and when places become available. |
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The Committee gave consideration to all the supporting evidence and information provided by the pupils’ parents including, in both cases, evidence and advice provided by voluntary or professional bodies and organisations, and, arising therefrom, it was:- |
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8.3 |
RESOLVED: That (a) one pupil be prioritised at the top of the waiting list in the catchment category, on the grounds that there are exceptional family circumstances in the case (Case No. FV1); and |
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(b) one pupil be prioritised at the top of the waiting list in the catchment category and a new application be granted, based on the fact that there new information which was not available when the original application was submitted (Case No.FV2). |
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(NOTE: This item was considered by the Committee as an urgent item of business in accordance with Council Procedure Rule 26 of the Council’s Constitution and the provisions of Section 100B(4)(b) of the Local Government (Access to Information) Act 1985, in order for the requests to be considered at the earliest possible opportunity, although it had not been possible to give five clear days’ notice that the requests were to be considered (Case Nos. FV1 and FV2)). |