Report of the Interim Executive Director, Children, Young People and Families
Minutes:
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The Interim Executive Director, Children, Young People and Families, submitted reports and commented upon 24 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. |
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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:- |
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RESOLVED: That (a) four appeals be upheld on the grounds that there are either exceptional educational, financial, medical or family circumstances in the cases (Case Nos. AS1, ME1, CI1 and SIL2), with the appeal in Case No. AS1 being subject to the pupil being in receipt of free school meals; |
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(b) 19 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 two pupils to the schools for which they are requesting passes for is less than the distance in the criteria (Case Nos.SPR1 and PC1), (ii) the schools that seven of the pupils are requesting passes for are not their catchment school/nearest suitable school (Case Nos. STP1, STC1, LYD1, LYD2, NET1, NET2 and DEFSTC1) (Case No. DEFSTC1 had been deferred from the previous meeting of the Committee held on 16th January, 2013), and (iii) 10 of the pupils do not attend one of their three nearest qualifying schools (Case Nos. HS1, HS2, AST1, CI1, NEW1, PAR1, KECG1, KEG2, KEG3 and SIL1); and |
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(c) consideration of the remaining appeal (Case No. SEN1) be deferred to the next meeting of the Committee in order to enable a Special Educational Needs Development Officer attend the meeting to present the case. |