Agenda item

School Admission Requests - Primary School Places - Prioritisation on waiting list and/or new application

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

Minutes:

6.1

The Executive Director, People Services, submitted reports and commented upon three cases where parents had expressed a wish for their children to be admitted to primary schools of their choice.  The Executive Director stated that places in primary 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 granting a fresh right of appeal and/or prioritising the pupils on waiting lists, within their respective categories, for admission if and when places become available.

 

 

6.2

The Committee gave consideration to all the supporting evidence and  information provided by the pupils’ parents including, in some cases, evidence and advice provided by voluntary or professional bodies and organisations, and, arising therefrom, it was:-

 

 

6.3

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 (Case No. D1);

 

 

 

(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 are new circumstances which were not available when the original application was submitted; (Case No. S1); and

 

 

 

(c) one pupil be prioritised at the top of the waiting list in the ‘non-catchment’ category on the grounds that there are exceptional family circumstances (Case No.E1).