Agenda item

School Admission Requests - Secondary School Places - Requests to consider change of circumstances

Report of the Executive Director, Children, Young People and Families.

Minutes:

7.1

The Executive Director, Children, Young People and Families, submitted reports and commented upon three cases where parents had made requests for the Committee to consider changes in the families’ circumstances, in connection with their requests for places at their preferred secondary schools and, arising therefrom, it was:-

 

 

7.2

RESOLVED: That upon consideration of the cases, and with due regard to the additional information now submitted, the Committee  considers that (a) there has been a material change in the family’s circumstances in one case and therefore authorises the Executive Director to process a new application in the case (Case No.2); and (b) there has not been any material changes in the family’s circumstances in Case Nos. 1 and 3 and therefore authority be not given for new applications to be processed in these cases.

 

 

 

(NOTE:  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, the Chair decided that Case No.3 be considered as a matter of urgency in order for the request to be considered at the earliest possible opportunity although it had not been possible to give five clear days’ notice that the request was to be considered).