Agenda item

7.1

The Executive Director, Children, Young People and Families, submitted reports and commented upon two cases where parents had expressed a wish for their child to be admitted to a secondary school of their choice (Case Nos. 19 and 21).  The Executive Director stated that the Committee had previously prioritised both pupils at the top of the waiting list, within their respective category, for admission if and when places became available at the school, but there was now a need to prioritise between the two cases. The Committee had, at a previous meeting, considered the prioritisation of these cases and had requested the Executive Director to seek further information from the parents with regard to these cases.

7.2

The Committee gave consideration to the additional information which had been provided by the pupils’ parents and, arising therefrom, it was:-

7.3

RESOLVED: That (a) one pupil be now not prioritised on the waiting list, within their respective category, on the grounds that the Committee considers that there were no exceptional medical circumstances demonstrated (Case No. 19); and

(d) one pupil be prioritised at the top of the waiting list in the ‘sibling’ category on the grounds that there are exceptional medical circumstances (Case No. 21).