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 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.

7.2

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:-

7.3

RESOLVED: That (a) one pupil be prioritised at the top of the waiting list in the ‘sibling’ category, on the grounds that there are exceptional medical circumstances in the case (Case No. 1); and

(b) one pupil be prioritised at the top of the waiting list in the ‘non-catchment’ category on the grounds that there are exceptional medical circumstances in the case or, if there are any other previously prioritised pupils on this waiting list, the pupil now mentioned be placed below such pupils (Case No. 2).