Agenda and draft minutes

22.1     The Lead Member approved as a correct record the minutes of the meeting held on 18 January 2021.

Disclosure by all Members present of personal interests in matters on the Agenda, the nature of any interest and whether the Member regards the interest as prejudicial under the terms of the Code of Conduct

23.1     There were none.

Notification of items which the Lead Member considers to be urgent and propose to take at the end of the appropriate part of the Agenda

24.1     There were none.

25.1     The Lead Member considered a report by the Director of Children’s Services seeking approval of the admission arrangements for the 2022/23 school year.

25.2     RESOLVED – to approve the admission arrangements for community and controlled schools for the 2022/23 school year, as consulted,  including:

1)    The proposed admission priorities (as set out in appendix 1 of the report)

2)    The proposed admission numbers (as set out in appendix 2 of the report)

3)    The proposed changes to the community area for Newhaven primary schools (as set out in appendix 3 of  the report)

4)    The proposed co-ordinated schemes of admission (as set out in appendix 4 of the report)

REASONS

25.3     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.

25.4     The determined admission arrangements for community and voluntary

controlled schools will be published on the East Sussex County Council website by

15 March 2021 as required under current legislation. Any objection to these

arrangements can then be made to the Office of the Schools Adjudicator until 15 May

2021. The final arrangements will be published in the composite prospectus online

(and available in hard copy on demand) by 12 September 2021 as required by the

School Admissions Code 2014.