Agenda item

To receive the report of the meeting of the Cabinet held on 25 February 2014 and to agree two recommendations in respect of:

 

(i)         Admission Arrangements for September 2015 for Surrey’s Community and Voluntary Controlled Schools and Co-ordinated Schemes

 

(ii)        Formation of Woking Joint Committee

 

 

The Leader presented the report of the Cabinet meeting held on 25 February 2014.

 

(1)        Statements / Updates from Cabinet Members

 

There were none.

 

(2)        Recommendations on Policy Framework Documents

 

A       Admission Arrangements for September 2015 for Surrey’s Community and Voluntary Controlled Schools and Co-ordinated schemes

 

The Cabinet Member for Schools and Learning was invited to present the report and thanked the School Admission / Transport team for the excellent job that they do in compiling this information.

 

[Please note that, following Esher CofE High School becoming an Academy on 1 March 2014, recommendation 7 has been withdrawn.]

 

RESOLVED:

 

That the following Admissions Arrangements for September 2015 for Surrey’s Community and Voluntary Controlled Schools and Co-ordinated Schemes be approved:

 

(1)    A feeder link be introduced for Auriol Junior School for children attending The Mead Infant School for September 2015, as follows:

 

a)     Looked after and previously looked after children

b)     Exceptional social/medical need

c)     Children attending The Mead Infant School

d)     Siblings not admitted under (c) above

e)     Any other children

(2)    That tiered sibling criteria be introduced for Reigate Priory for September 2015, as follows:

 

a)     Looked after and previously looked after children

b)     Exceptional social/medical need

c)     Siblings for whom the school is the nearest to their home address

d)     Non-siblings for whom the school is the nearest to their home address

e)     Other siblings for whom the school is not the nearest to their home address

f)      Any other children

 

(3)    That a feeder link be introduced for St Ann’s Heath Junior School for children attending Meadowcroft Infant School for September 2015, in addition to the existing feeder link with Trumps Green Infant School, as follows:

 

a)     Looked after and previously looked after children

b)     Exceptional social/medical need

c)     Siblings

d)     Children attending Trumps Green Infant School or Meadowcroft Infant School

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

f)      Any other children

 

(4)    That a reciprocal sibling link be introduced between Meadowcroft Infant School and St Ann’s Heath Junior School for September 2015 so that these schools would be described as being on a shared or adjoining site for applying sibling criteria.

 

(5)    That a reciprocal sibling link be introduced between Thames Ditton Infant and Thames Ditton Junior schools for September 2015 so that the schools would be described as being on a shared or adjoining site for applying sibling criteria.

 

(6)    That criteria for admission to nursery for two year olds who are eligible for the free extended provision be introduced for September 2015, as follows:

a)   Looked after and previously looked after children

b)   Exceptional social/medical need

c)   Children who will have a sibling attending the nursery or the main school at the time of admission

d)   Any other children

 

(7)    That, subject to Hinchley Wood School also agreeing changes to admission arrangements as they have proposed, the catchment area for Esher CofE High School be extended for September 2015 to include the whole of Claygate village. (NOW WITHDRAWN)

 

(8)    That admission priority based on a catchment be introduced for St Andrew’s CofE (Controlled) Infant School for September 2015 so that, after siblings, children who live within the published catchment area for the school would receive priority for a place ahead of those who do not, as follows:

 

a)     Looked after and previously looked after children

b)     Exceptional social/medical need

c)     Siblings

d)     Children living within the catchment area of St Andrew’s CofE Infant School

e)     Any other children

 

(9)       That the Year 3 Published Admission Number for The Dawnay be decreased from 30 to 15 for September 2015.

 

(10)    That the Reception Published Admission Number for North Downs Primary School be decreased from 64 to 60 for September 2015.

 

(11)    That Bishop Wand CofE School, Saint Ignatius Roman Catholic School and St Andrew’s Catholic School be added to the list of own admission authority schools which will be considered to admit local children when assessing nearest school for community and voluntary controlled schools in Surrey.

 

(12)    That Camelsdale Primary School in West Sussex be discounted for the purpose of applying the admission arrangements for community and voluntary controlled schools in Surrey.

 

(13)    That the Published Admission Numbers (PAN) for September 2015 for all other community and voluntary controlled schools be determined as they are set out in Annex 1 of Appendix 1 of the Cabinet report, which include the following changes:

 

                              i.Bell Farm Primary School – removal of Junior PAN

                             ii.Bishop David Brown – increase in PAN from 120 to 150

                            iii.Esher High School – increase in PAN from 210 to 240

                           iv.Holmesdale Community Infant - increase in Reception PAN from 90 to 120

                            v.The Hythe Community Primary – increase in Reception PAN from 30 to 60

                           vi.Manorcroft Primary - increase in Reception PAN from 58 to 60

                          vii.Meath Green Infant - increase in Reception PAN from 70 to 90

                         viii.Onslow Infant – increase in Reception PAN from 60 to 90

                           ix.St Ann’s Heath Junior - increase in Junior PAN from 64 to 90

                            x.St Mary’s C of E (VC) Infant – increase in Reception PAN from 25 to 30

                           xi.Stamford Green Primary – increase in Reception PAN from 60 to 90 

 

(14)  That the remaining aspects of Surrey’s admission arrangements for community and voluntary controlled schools for September 2015, for which no consultation was required, be agreed as set out in Appendix 1 and its Annexes of the Cabinet report.

 

(15) That the Coordinated Admission Schemes for 2015/16 be agreed as set out in Annex 4 to Appendix 1, of the Cabinet report.

 

 

B         Formation of Woking Joint Committee

 

The Cabinet Member for Community Services commended the formation of a Woking Joint Committee and said that she hoped to see the formation of more joint committees of this kind across the County Council.

 

RESOLVED:

 

(1)       That the establishment of a Woking Joint Committee to deal with both executive and non-executive functions from 1 June 2014, in place of the current Local Committee in Woking which will cease to function from that date, be approved.

(2)       That the current non-executive functions delegated to the Local Committee be delegated to the Woking Joint Committee.

(3)       That the relevant changes to the County Council’s Constitution to enable the Joint Committee to be established and become operational, as set out in Appendix 3 of the submitted report be approved, and that the Constitution of the Woking Joint Committee, as set out in Appendix 2 of the submitted report, be noted and be annexed to the County Council's constitution.

RESOLVED:

 

That the report of the meeting of the Cabinet held on 25 February 2014 be adopted.