Agenda item

8.1

The Executive Director, Children, Young People and Families, submitted  reports and commented upon 14 cases where parents had appealed against the administrative decisions made by the Executive Director with regard to the refusal to grant home to school travel bus passes.

8.2

The Committee gave consideration to all the supporting information and evidence 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:-

8.3

RESOLVED: That (a) three appeals be upheld on the grounds that there are either exceptional educational, financial, medical or family circumstances in the cases (Case Nos. HH1, WF2 and WF3);

(b) 10 appeals be not upheld on the grounds that there are no exceptional circumstances demonstrated and, having regard to the Council’s Home to School Transport Policy, (i) the distance from the home addresses of four pupils to the schools for which they are requesting passes for is less than the distance in the criteria (Case Nos. Bi1, HH2, NH1 and ND1), (ii) the school that one of the pupils is requesting a pass for is not their catchment school/nearest suitable school (Case No. Wa1), (iii) four of the pupils do not attend one of their three nearest qualifying schools (Case Nos. BF1, CH1, Eck1 and WF1) and (iv) with regard to the remaining appeal, relating to a voluntary-aided school, the religious education provided at the school is not of the pupil’s parents’ religion or denomination (Case No. AS1); and

(c) consideration of the remaining appeal be deferred to enable the Executive Director, Children, Young People and Families, to seek further medical information in connection with the case (Case No. WF4).