To approve the Council’s School Admissions Policy for the September 2021 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: For Determination
Notice of proposed decision first published: 15/11/2019
Decision due: 16 January 2020 by Executive Board
Contact: Martin West, Divisional Manager, Policy, Provision and Performance Email: martin.west@halton.gov.uk.
Consultation process
Statutory
consultation is undertaken for a 6 week period commencing no earlier than 1st
October 2019 and must be completed by no later than 31st January
2020. Consultation is undertaken via a comprehensive
consultation document on the Council’s website for parents and carers to
access. The consultation is also issued
via the Local Authority Circular to all primary and secondary schools. Neighbouring local authorities, Academy and
Free Schools (who are their own admission authority) and the Diocesan
authorities representing voluntary aided schools in Halton
are also consulted, as are the governing bodies of all schools via the
Director’s Autumn Term Report to Governors.
Representations can only be made as part of the statutory consultation process and all consultees are aware of the deadline which is 15th November 2019. Once the arrangements are determined, objections can then only be made to the Office of the Schools Adjudicator within the prescribed timescale.