Agenda item

School Admission Requests - Primary School Places

Report of the Executive Director, People

Minutes:

8.1

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 allocated on the 19th April national allocation date by the City Council, in accordance with the published admission criteria.

 

 

8.2

The Committee gave consideration to all the supporting evidence and information provided by the pupil’s parents, including medical evidence.  The Committee was asked to consider whether there were any significant and material changes in the circumstances of the family, since the original application was made, to authorise that a fresh application be made, which would allow a fresh right of appeal for the school and also, based on the information provided, to prioritise on the waiting list for the school, and, arising therefrom, it was:-

 

 

8.3

RESOLVED: That upon consideration of the case, and with due regard to the additional information now submitted, the Committee considers that the pupil be prioritised within the admissions category of ‘non-catchment’ on the school’s waiting list, on the grounds that there are exceptional medical circumstances and also be granted a fresh application (Case No.B1).