Agenda item

School Admission Requests - Primary School Places

Report of the Executive Director, People Services

Minutes:

7.1

Request to be Prioritised on the Waiting List/Request to Consider a Change of Circumstances

 

 

7.1.1

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 those schools 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 non-catchment category, for admission if and when a place becomes available.  The parents also made a request for the Committee to consider a change in the family’s circumstances.

 

 

7.1.2

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:-

 

 

7.1.3

RESOLVED: That the pupil be prioritised on the waiting list in the “non-catchment” category on the grounds that there are exceptional family circumstances, and the Committee considers that there had been a material change in the family’s circumstances and therefore, authority be given for a new application to be processed in this case (Case No. P1).

 

 

7.2

Requests to Consider a Change of Circumstances/ Submit a Fresh Application

 

 

7.2.1

The Executive Director, People Services, submitted  reports and commented upon four cases where parents had made a request for the Committee to consider a change in the family’s circumstances, in connection with their requests for places at their preferred primary schools and, arising therefrom, it was:-

 

 

7.2.2

RESOLVED: That upon consideration of the cases, and with due regard to the additional information now submitted, the Committee considers that there had been a material change in the family’s circumstances, and therefore, authority be given for new applications to be processed in all four cases (Case Nos. S1, S2, T1 and L1).