Report of the Interim Executive Director, Children, Young People and Families
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The Interim Executive Director, Children, Young People and Families, submitted reports and commented upon 13 cases where parents had appealed against the administrative decisions made by the Interim 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 the 13 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, (a) the distance from the home addresses of four of the pupils to the schools for which they are requesting passes for is less than the distance in the criteria (Case Nos.BIR1, FRPA1, MEAD1 and NEWF1), (b) the schools that two of the pupils are requesting passes for are not their catchment school/nearest suitable school (Case Nos. NETH1 and STA1) and (c) seven of the pupils do not attend one of their three nearest qualifying schools (Case Nos. AST1, AST2, AST3, AST4, HIST1, SILV1 and SILV2 ). |