Agenda and minutes

Lead Member for Education and Inclusion, Special Educational Needs and Disability - Monday, 17th October, 2022 10.00 am

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Items
No.	Item
8.	Decisions made by the Lead Cabinet Member on 26 September 2022 PDF 109 KB Minutes: 8.1 The Lead Member approved as a correct record the minutes of the meeting held on the 26 September 2022.
9.	Reports Minutes: 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 PDF 161 KB View item 10. as HTML 27 KB View the background to item 10. View the decision for item 10. Report by Director of Children’s Services Additional documents: Item 4 - Appendix 1- Proposed Admissions criteria for community and voluntary controlled schools , item 10. PDF 238 KB View as HTML (10./2) 19 KB Item 4 - Appendix 2-Children of staff members contracted to work at the school in question final , item 10. PDF 131 KB View as HTML (10./3) 14 KB Item 4 - Appendix 3- Proposed area change rationale , item 10. PDF 86 KB View as HTML (10./4) 6 KB Item 4 - Appendix 4-map of proposed area changes , item 10. PDF 2 MB View as HTML (10./5) 5 KB Item 4 - Appendix 5- Proposed Admission Numbers 2024-25 , item 10. PDF 515 KB View as HTML (10./6) 131 KB There are a further 3 documents.View the full list of documents for item 10. Minutes: 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 PDF 200 KB View item 11. as HTML 20 KB View the background to item 11. View the decision for item 11. Report by Director of Children’s Services Additional documents: Item 5 - AppendixSchoolOrganisationPlan2022-26DRAFT , item 11. PDF 4 MB Minutes: 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.