Published Delegated Executive Decisions

Decision ref

0135 2022/23

Decision date

06/03/2023

Portfolio

Children and Young People

Wards

All wards

Title

Determination of School Admission Arrangements 2024-2025

Summary

Pupil Admission Arrangements for 2024/2025

Purpose

To determine the Local Authority’s pupil admission arrangements for community and voluntary controlled schools for the academic year 2024/2025, in accordance with the School Admissions Code 2021 issued under Section 84 of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998.

Background

The Local Authority is the admission authority for community and voluntary controlled schools and therefore is responsible for consulting upon and determining admission arrangements for those schools. In the case of voluntary aided schools and academies it is the governing body. Admission Authorities must consult whenever they want to make changes to their policies or every seven years if there are no proposed changes. The last full consultation undertaken by the Local Authority on its admission arrangements for community and voluntary controlled schools took place during the period 7 November 2018 to 30 January 2019 (i.e., within the 7 years limit set by the School Admissions Code). As no changes were proposed for the 2024/25 admission arrangements a full consultation was not required. However, as part of determining admission arrangements for community or voluntary controlled schools, the Local Authority must still consult the governing bodies of those schools where it proposes either to increase or keep the same Published Admission Number (PAN). (All admission authorities must consult where they propose a decrease to the PAN.) The Local Authority consulted community and voluntary controlled schools on its proposed PANs for 2024/2025 during the 2022 autumn term.

Conclusion

There have been no proposed changes to either Coordinated Admissions Schemes or Admission Arrangements for Community and Voluntary Controlled schools, for 2024/2025.

Risk Implications

The Council would not meet its statutory duty as set out in the School Admissions Code 2021 and therefore be open to challenge.

Measures to Redress Risk

Determine the proposed Pupil Admission Arrangements for 2024/2025 by 28 February, 2023.

Declarations Of Interest

None

More information

Please contact Roger Litherland on 01744 671273