Agenda item

To receive the report of the meeting of the Cabinet held on 26 February 2013 and to agree two recommendations in respect of:

 

(i)         The Consultation on Surrey’s Admission Arrangements for September 2014 for Community and Voluntary Controlled Schools and co-ordinated Schemes

 

(ii)        The Implementation of the Public Value Review of Community Partnership – Constitutional Changes

 

The Leader presented the reports of the Cabinet meetings held on 5 and 26 February 2013.

 

(1)       Statements / Updates from Cabinet Members

 

The Cabinet Member for Children and Families introduced her statement in relation to the Celebration and Bursary Fund for Surrey’s Looked After Children which had been included in the agenda.

 

(2)     Recommendations on Policy Framework Documents

 

A       The Consultation on Surrey’s Admission Arrangements for September 2014 for Community and Voluntary Controlled Schools and Co-ordinated schemes

 

The Cabinet Member for Children and Learning was invited to present the report.

 

RESOLVED:

 

(1) A feeder link is introduced for Banstead Community Junior School for children from Banstead Infant School for September 2014, as follows:

 

a)   Looked after and previously looked after children

b)   Exceptional social/medical need

c)   Children attending Banstead Infant School

d)   Siblings not admitted under c) above

e)  Any other children

 

(2) The introduction of a feeder link for Reigate Priory for children from Holmesdale and Reigate Parish is deferred until alternative options are considered.

 

(3) The admission criteria for Southfield Park are changed so that, for September 2014, children who have Southfield Park Primary School as their nearest school would receive a higher priority when allocating places outside the catchment area, as follows:

 

a)  Looked after and previously looked after children

b)  Exceptional social/medical need

c)  Siblings

d)  Children living in the defined catchment of the school with priority being given to children living furthest away from the school

e)  Other children for whom the school is their nearest school

f)   Any other children 

 

(4) That a feeder link is introduced for St Ann’s Heath Junior School for children from Trumps Green Infant School for September 2014, as follows:

 

a)  Looked after and previously looked after children

b)  Exceptional social/medical need

c)   Siblings 

d)  Children attending Trumps Green Infant School

e)  Children for whom St Ann’s Heath Junior School is the nearest school with a Junior PAN

f)    Any other children

 

(5)  A reciprocal sibling link between St Ann’s Heath Junior School and Trumps Green Infant School is introduced for September 2014 so that the schools would be described as being on a shared or adjoining site for applying sibling criteria.

 

(6)  A catchment area based on the Parish of Tatsfield and a phased tiered sibling priority based on the catchment is introduced for Tatsfield Primary School for September 2014, as follows:

 

a)  Looked after and previously looked after children

b)  Exceptional social/medical need

c)  Children who will have a sibling on roll at the school at the end of the 2013/14 academic year and that sibling will still be expected to be on roll at the school on the date of the child’s admission

d)  Siblings who live within the catchment area

e)  Other children who live within the catchment area

f)   Siblings who live outside the catchment area

g)  Other children who live outside the catchment area

 

(7)  Tiered arrangements are introduced for Thames Ditton Junior School for September 2014 so that siblings, children at the feeder school and other children who have the school as their nearest receive priority ahead of those who do not, as follows:

 

a)  Looked After and previously looked after children

b)  Exceptional social/medical need

c)  Children with a sibling attending Thames Ditton Junior School at the time of the child’s admission for whom the school is the nearest school to their home address

d)  Children attending Thames Ditton Infant School for whom the school is the nearest school to their home address

e)  Other children for whom the school is the nearest school to their home address

f)   Other children with a sibling attending Thames Ditton Junior School at the time of the child’s admission for whom the school is not the nearest school to their home address

g)  Other children attending Thames Ditton Infant School for whom the school is not the nearest school to their home address

h)  Any other children

 

(8)  The PAN for Thames Ditton Junior School is decreased from 120 to 90 for September 2014.

 

(9)  That the Published Admission Numbers (PAN) for all other Community and Voluntary Controlled schools are determined as they are set out in Annex 1 of Appendix 1, of the Cabinet report, which include the following changes:

 

a)   Banstead Infant to increase its Reception PAN from 80 to 90

b)  Bell Farm Primary to increase its Reception PAN from 60 to 90

c)  Bell Farm Primary to decrease its Junior PAN from 120 to 30

d)  Earlswood Infant to increase its Reception PAN from 90 to 120

e) Earlswood Junior to increase its Junior PAN from 90 to 120

f)  Grovelands Primary to decrease its Reception PAN from 90 to     60

g) Salfords Primary to increase its Reception PAN from 45 to 60  

h) Spelthorne Primary to increase its Reception PAN from 60 to 90

i)  Trumps Green Infant to increase its Reception from 30 to 60  

j)  West Ewell Infant to increase its Reception PAN from 90 to 120

 

(10)  The number of preferences permitted under Surrey’s Primary Coordinated Scheme is increased from three to four.

 

(11)  That the Coordinated Admission Schemes for 2014/15 are agreed as set out in Annex 4 to Appendix 1 of the Cabinet report. 

 

(12)  Surrey’s Relevant Area is agreed as set out in Appendix 2 of the Cabinet report.

 

(13)  That the remaining aspects of Surrey’s admission arrangements for Community and Voluntary Controlled schools for September 2014, for which no consultation was required, are agreed.

 

B       Implementation of the Public Value Review of Community Partnership – Constitutional Changes

 

Members welcomed this report, which had been to all local committees for comment and discussion, and looked forward to more decisions being devolved to a local level.

 

The Cabinet Member for Community Services and the 2012 Games thanked Members for expressing support for the proposals and recommendations. She invited Mr Kington to discuss options for making the process more transparent outside the meeting. She also acknowledged the lengthy process of this Public Value Review and thanked the Local Committee Chairmen and the steering groupfor their input in moving the proposals forward. She also agreed with Mrs White in relation to recommendation (5) and hoped that some funding from Boroughs / Districts would be forthcoming during the next Administration.

 

RESOLVED:

 

(1)     That the guidance for the allocation of Members Allocations and Local Committee Capital Allocations be strengthened and the language simplified with the introduction of an updated Financial Framework for these allocations as attached in Annex A of the submitted report.

 

(2)     That Local Chairmen should be given greater discretion in relation to public participation at formal Local Committee meetings to make these meetings more engaging for residents. (The relevant amendments to Standing Orders are included in Annex B of the submitted report.)

 

(3)     That Local Committee Vice-Chairmen be given a greater role in Committee business and that consideration be given to Vice-Chairmen taking on a specific role as Highways Spokesperson for their Local Committee.

 

(4)     That one consistent set of protocols governing public participation in Local Committees is introduced to make processes clearer for residents and more efficient to administer. (The relevant amendments to Standing Orders are included in Annex B of the submitted report.)

 

(5)     That Local Committees allow equal voting rights for District and Borough Members unless restricted by law. (The relevant amendments are included in Annex B of the submitted report.)

 

(6)     That each Local Committees decides on whether it wishes to employ the rule of District or Borough Member substitutes or not. (The relevant amendments are included in Annex B of the submitted report.)

 

 

RESOLVED:

 

That the report of the meetings of the Cabinet held on 5 and 26 February 2013 be adopted.