To
approve the Council’s School Admissions Policy for the September 2024 intake for all community and voluntary controlled schools for which the
Local Authority is the admission authority, and to approve the Co-ordinated Admissions
Schemes for all primary and secondary schools in the Borough.
Decision type: Key
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Notice of proposed decision first published: 16/09/2022
Decision due: 19 January 2023 by Executive Board
Lead member: Executive Board Member: Children, Education and Social Care
Contact: Martin West, Divisional Manager, Policy, Provision and Performance Email: Martin.west@halton.gov.uk Email: martin.west@halton.gov.uk.
Consultation process
Statutory
consultation is undertaken for a 6 week period
commencing no earlier than 1 October 2022 and must be completed by no later
than 31 January 2023. Halton is
consulting from 3 October 2022 to 11 November 2022. Consultation is undertaken
via a comprehensive consultation document on the Council’s website for parents
and carers to access. The consultation is also issued to Chairs of Governors and Head Teachers of
all Halton schools via the Strategic Director’s Termly Report to
Governors. Neighbouring local
authorities, academy schools and voluntary aided schools (who are their own
admission authority) and the Diocesan authorities representing voluntary aided
schools in Halton are also consulted.
Any
representations can only be made as part of the
statutory consultation process.
Making Representations: Representations can only be made as part of the statutory consultation process and all consultees are aware of the deadline which is 11 November 2022. Once the arrangements are determined, objections can then only be made to the Office of the Schools Adjudicator within the prescribed timescale. A report will be submitted to the Council's Executive Board seeking approval for the proposed admissions policy and co-ordinated primary and secondary schemes. All documentation will be attached as appendices to the Executive Board report.