Lead Member for Education and Inclusion, Special Educational Needs and Disability
MINUTES of a meeting of the Lead Member for Education and Inclusion, Special Educational Needs and Disability held at County Hall, Lewes on 22 February 2022.
++ The Lead Member was not present in person, but took the decisions remotely ++
64. Decisions made by the Lead Cabinet Member on 14 January 2022
64.1 The Lead Member approved as a correct record the minutes of the meeting held on14 January 2022.
65. Admission Arrangements for Community and Voluntary Controlled schools for 2023-24
65.1 The Lead Member considered a report by the Director of Children’s Services regarding the admission arrangements for Community and Voluntary Controlled schools in East Sussex for the 2023-24 academic year.
65.2 The Lead Member RESOLVED to agree the admission arrangements for Community and Voluntary Controlled schools for the 2023-24 academic year as consulted, including:
1) the proposed admission arrangements (appendix 1 of the report);
2) the proposed published admission numbers (appendix 2 of the report), with the exception of one of the proposed changes as set out in the report; and
3) the proposed co-ordinated schemes of admission (appendices 3 – 5 of the report).
Reason
65.3 The County Council is required by law to carry out consultation on admission
arrangements every seven years, or sooner if there are any changes to those arrangements for the schools where the local authority is the admission authority.
65.4 The determined admission arrangements for community and voluntary
controlled schools will be published on the East Sussex County Council website by
15 March 2022 as required under current legislation. Any objection to these
arrangements can then be made to the Office of the Schools Adjudicator until 15 May
2022. The final arrangements will be published in the composite prospectus online
(and available in hard copy on demand) by 12 September 2022 as required by the
School Admissions Code 2021