To determine the Council's Admissions Arrangements for the Academic Year 2014/15.

1.      That the Council’s co-ordinated admissions scheme as attached at Appendix 1 and 2 to the report be approved.

2.      That the admission arrangements for Community and Voluntary Controlled schools for the academic year 2014/15 as set out in Appendix 3 and Appendix 4 to the report be approved.

3.      To authorise to the Director of Children’s Services, in consultation with the Executive Member for Children’s Services, to agree that Lower Schools which currently include a criterion relating to attendance at a nursery/pre-school facility on the school site may, on request, retain this criterion within their admission criteria.