149 School Admission Arrangements 2016 - KEY DECISION PDF 25 KB
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Minutes:
The Board considered a report of the Strategic Director, Children and
Enterprise, on school admission arrangements for the September 2016 intake.
The Board was advised that in January 2015, Halton had published a
statutorily required consultation paper on the proposed admission arrangements
and co-ordinated admission schemes for the September 2016 intake.
It was noted that there were no changes proposed for the
oversubscription criteria for admission to Local Authority maintained community
and voluntary controlled primary schools, and no change to the current
oversubscription criteria for admission to Local Authority maintained community
secondary schools.
Reason(s) For
Decision
The decision was
statutorily required and any revision to the proposed arrangements may
adversely affect school place planning, as detailed in the report.
Alternative
Options Considered and Rejected
Other options
considered and rejected included the allocation of places through random
allocation (lottery), as this method could be seen as arbitrary and random.
Implementation
Date
The Policy would
apply to the September 2016 academic intake.
RESOLVED: That the
1)
Schools
Admissions Policy, Admission Arrangements and Co-ordinated Schemes for
admission to primary and secondary schools for the 2016/17 academic year,
attached to the report, be approved;
2)
the
Department for Education School Admissions Code be endorsed, and all Halton
Schools, including Academy and Free Schools be required to ensure that their
admissions criteria are reasonable, clear, objective, procedurally fair and
comply with all legislation; and
3) the Local Authority writes to the Office of the Schools Adjudicator to express concern regarding the admission arrangements currently operated by Wade Deacon High School.