Agenda item

7.1

Admission to Reception Year Group 2013/14

The Interim Executive Director, Children, Young People and Families, submitted reports and commented upon 27 cases where parents had expressed a wish for their children to be admitted to reception classes at schools of their choice.  The Interim Executive Director stated that places in reception classes had been identified by the City Council, in accordance with the published admission criteria, and it had been agreed that the Interim Executive Director would provisionally allocate places at those schools where there were available places, up to the standard number/admission limit.  The Committee was requested to consider prioritising the pupils on waiting lists, within their respective categories, for admission if and when places become available.

7.2

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:-

RESOLVED: That (a) 23 pupils be not prioritised on the waiting lists within their respective categories, on the grounds that there are no exceptional educational, financial, medical or family circumstances demonstrated (Case Nos. A1, B1, B2, BS1, D1, D3, DR1, EF1, GY1, HH1, HB1, HB2, LY1, LY2, LY3, LY4, M1, NG1, NG2, O1, O2, O3 and T1); and

(b) (i) three pupils be prioritised at the top of the waiting list, in their respective categories, on the grounds that there were either exceptional educational, financial, medical or family circumstances demonstrated (Case Nos. H1, LY5 and MS1) and (ii) one pupil be prioritised second on the waiting list, in their respective category, on the grounds of the exceptional medical circumstances demonstrated (Case No. LY6).

7.3

Transfer to Junior School 2013/14

The Interim Executive Director, Children, Young People and Families, submitted a  report and commented upon four cases where parents had expressed a wish for their children to be admitted to the junior school of their choice.  The Interim Executive Director stated that places in junior schools had been identified by the City Council, in accordance with the published admission criteria, and it had been agreed that the Interim Executive Director would provisionally allocate places at those schools where there were available places, up to the standard number/admission limit. The Committee was requested to consider prioritising the pupils on waiting lists, within their respective categories, for admission if and when places become available.

7.4

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:-

RESOLVED: That the four pupils be not prioritised on the waiting lists within their respective categories, on the grounds that there are no exceptional educational, financial, medical or family circumstances demonstrated (Case Nos.E1, E2, LY1 and NG1).