Agenda and minutes

Lead Member for Education and Inclusion, Special Educational Needs and Disability - Tuesday, 6th February, 2024 3.00 pm

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Note: Or at the conclusion of Full Council, whichever is the later

Items
No.	Item
39.	Decisions made by the Lead Cabinet Member on Tuesday 14 November 2023 PDF 135 KB View item 39. as HTML 40 KB Minutes: 39.1 The Lead Member approved as a correct record the minutes of the meeting held on 14 November 2023.
40.	Disclosures of interests 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 Minutes: 40.1 There were none.
41.	Urgent items 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 Minutes: 41.1 There were none.
42.	Reports Minutes: 42.1 A copy of the reports referred to below is included in the minute book.
43.	Admission arrangements for community and voluntary controlled schools 2025-26 PDF 250 KB View item 43. as HTML 31 KB View the background to item 43. View the decision for item 43. Report by the Director of Children’s Services. Additional documents: Appendix 1 , item 43. PDF 132 KB Appendix 2 , item 43. PDF 134 KB Appendix 3 , item 43. PDF 122 KB Appendix 4 , item 43. PDF 121 KB Appendix 5 , item 43. PDF 91 KB There are a further 2 documents.View the full list of documents for item 43. Minutes: 43.1 The Lead Member considered a report by the Director of Children’s Services to determine the admission arrangements for Community and Voluntary controlled schools in East Sussex for 2025-26 and to agree the co-ordinated schemes for admission for the same year as required by the School Admissions Code 2021. DECISIONS 43.2 The Lead Member RESOLVED to: 1) agree the admission arrangements for 2025-26 as set out in appendix 1 of the report (unchanged from 2024-25). 2) agree the Published Admission Numbers (PAN) for the same year, as set out in appendix 2 of the report, including the revised PANs for Chailey School and Mayfield CE Primary School; and 3) agree the co-ordinated schemes of admission as set out in appendices 3, 4 and 5 of the report. REASONS 43.3 The School Admissions Code 2021 states that admission authorities must determine their admission arrangements annually. 43.4 The determined admission arrangements for Community and Voluntary Controlled schools in 2025-26 will be published on the Council’s website by 15 March 2024 as required under current legislation. Any objection to these arrangements can be made to the Office of the Schools Adjudicator until 15 May 2024. The final arrangements will be published in the composite prospectus online (and available in hard copy on demand) by 12 September 2024 as required by the Code.