58 School Admission Arrangements 2022 - Key Decision PDF 69 KB
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Minutes:
The Board considered a report of the
Strategic Director, People, on School Admission Arrangements for 2022.
The Board was advised
that in October 2020, Halton Local Authority issued a statutorily required
consultation on the proposed admission arrangements and co-ordinated admission
schemes for the September 2022 intake for Primary and Secondary Schools
(attached as appendices 1 and 2 respectively).
The Primary Scheme also included the proposed oversubscription criteria
for community and voluntary controlled schools for whom the Local Authority was
the admission authority.
Since the publication of the Executive
Board agenda, the Board was advised of a proposed
amendment to the Primary Co-ordinated Scheme, this was presented on
screen. It was
proposed that Paragraph 9.1, under Oversubscription
Criteria be amended to four criteria instead of three, so criterion 1 would
be split into criteria 1 and 2. The
reasons for this were provided to the Board and the
proposal was agreed.
The report provided details of the
consultation, which ran from 1 October 2020 to 13 November 2020. No changes were proposed
to the current oversubscription criteria for admission to Local Authority
maintained community and voluntary controlled primary schools.
It noted that all Halton secondary schools
were either academies, free schools or voluntary aided and were therefore their
own admission authorities, with responsibility for consulting and determining
their own admissions criteria and their own Published Admission Number (PAN).
Reason(s) for Decision
The decision was statutorily required.
Alternative Options Considered and Rejected
Other options considered and rejected included the allocation of places
to community and voluntary controlled schools through random allocation
(lottery), as this method could be seen as arbitrary
and random.
Implementation Date
The Policy and co-ordinated schemes would apply for the September 2022
academic intake.
RESOLVED:
That the Board approves the School Admissions Policy, Admission
Arrangements and Coordinated Schemes for admission to Primary and Secondary
schools for the 2022/23 academic year.