Agenda item

Agenda item

Consultation on the Council's Admission Arrangements for the Academic Year 2017/18

 

To approve the commencement of the Council’s consultation on admission arrangements as it is the admissions authority for Community and Voluntary Controlled schools to ensure the statutory requirements for admissions consultation is met.

 

Decision:

 

1.      That the commencement of consultation for the proposed changes to the Council’s admission arrangements for the academic year 2017/18 be approved. The proposed changes to the Council’s admission arrangements include:

·         the removal of the feeder school criteria in the admissions policy for Leighton (Community) Middle School; and

·         an amendment to the catchment area at Houghton Regis (Community) Primary School to include all housing in a recent local housing development known as Tilia Park.

2.      To authorise the Director of Children’s Services, in consultation with the Executive Member for Education and Skills, to determine the Council’s admission arrangements for the academic year 2017/18 at the outcome of the consultation period.

 

Minutes:

 

The Executive considered a report from the Executive Member for Education and Skills that sought approval to commence the consultation on admission arrangements.  The Council was the admissions authority for Community and Voluntary Controlled schools and had to ensure that statutory requirements for admissions consultation was met.  The proposed changes to the admission arrangements included:-

 

·                the removal of the feeder school criteria in the admissions policy for Leighton (Community) Middle School; and

 

·                an amendment to the catchment area at Houghton Regis (Community) Primary School to include all housing in a recent local housing development known as Tilia Park.

 

Reason for decision:  To enable the Council to comply with its legal duty to consult on changes to admission arrangements.

 

RESOLVED

 

1.      that the commencement of consultation for the proposed changes to the Council’s admission arrangements for the academic year 2017/18 be approved. The proposed changes to the Council’s admission arrangements include:

 

·         the removal of the feeder school criteria in the admissions policy for Leighton (Community) Middle School; and

 

·         an amendment to the catchment area at Houghton Regis (Community) Primary School to include all housing in a recent local housing development known at Tilia Park.

 

2.      to authorise the Director of Children’s Services, in consultation with the Executive Member for Education and Skills, to determine the Council’s admission arrangements for the academic year 2017/18 at the outcome of the consultation period.

 

 

 

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