Lead Member for Education and Inclusion, Special Educational Needs and Disability
DECISIONS made by the Lead Member for Education and Inclusion, Special Educational Needs and Disability, Councillor Bob Standley, on 17 October 2022 at Remote Meeting via Microsoft Teams
Councillor Alan Shuttleworth spoke on item 4 (see minute 10)
Councillors Alan Shuttleworth, Steve Murphy and Roy Galley spoke on item 5 (see minute 11)
8. Decisions made by the Lead Cabinet Member on 26 September 2022
8.1 The Lead Member approved as a correct record the minutes of the meeting held on the 26 September 2022.
9. Reports
9.1 A copy of the reports referred to below are included in the minute book.
10. Admission arrangements for community and voluntary controlled schools in East Sussex 2024-25
10.1 The Lead Member considered a report by the Director of Children’s Services regarding Admission arrangements for community and voluntary controlled schools in East Sussex 2024-25 - permission to consult. The Director of Children’s Services reported that in Appendix 1 the ‘Children wishing to transfer between a linked infant and junior school’ criteria should be listed as criteria number 4 and the criteria after that should be re-numbered accordingly.
DECISIONS
10.2 The Lead Member RESOLVED to:
1) agree to consultation on the proposed admission arrangements for Community and Voluntary Controlled (VC) schools in East Sussex for the 2024-25 academic year as set out in appendix 1 of the report;
2) note that there are two proposed changes to the admission arrangements which are explained in appendix 2 and appendix 3 (A supporting map is attached as appendix 4) of the report;
3) agree to consultation on the proposed published admission numbers (PANs) for Community and VC schools for 2024-25, as set out in appendix 5 of the report; and
4) agree to consultation on the proposed co-ordinated schemes of admissions as set out in appendices 6-8 of the report.
Reason
10.3 The County Council is required by law to consult on its admissions arrangements every seven years, or sooner if any changes to those arrangements are proposed for the schools for which it is the admission authority.
11. East Sussex School Organisation Plan 2022-2026
11.1 The Lead Member considered a report by the Director of Children’s Services regarding the School Organisation Plan 2022-2026.
DECISIONS
11.2 The Lead Member RESOLVED to approve the publication of the School Organisation Plan 2022-2026.
Reason
11.3 The local authority has a statutory duty to ensure there are sufficient school places to meet demand across East Sussex. The draft School Organisation Plan for the period 2022-2026 sets out the projected demand for primary, secondary and SEN places and where we think we will need to commission additional places or reorganise existing provision to maintain a sustainable network of schools with the right number of places in the right locations to serve local need.