Agenda item

School Admission Requests - Primary School Places - Request to be prioritised on the Waiting List

Report of the Executive Director, People Services

Minutes:

7.1.

The Executive Director, People Services, submitted a report and commented upon a case where parents had expressed a wish for their child to be admitted to a primary school of their choice.  The Executive Director stated that places at the primary school 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 the school where there were places available, up to the standard number/admission limit.  The Committee was requested to consider prioritising the pupil on a waiting list, within the catchment category, for admission if and when a place becomes available.

 

 

7.2

The Committee gave consideration to all the supporting evidence and information provided by the pupil’s parents, including medical evidence and, arising therefrom, it was:-

 

 

7.3

RESOLVED: That the pupil be prioritised at the top of the waiting list in the catchment category, on the grounds that there are exceptional medical circumstances in the case (Case No.N1).