Lead Member – Mr David Minnery – Portfolio Holder for Children and Young People.

Report of the Director of Children’s Services is attached, marked 16.

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RESOLVED:

i)             That the proposal to amend the local authority’s designated catchment area for secondary school applicants resident in the Craven Arms area be approved.

ii)            That the admission arrangements for 2017/18 be approved as determined in March 2015 without further amendment.

iii)           That Cabinet, by agreeing to the above, determines the school admission arrangements for Shropshire Council for the academic year 2017/18 and to the required publication of the arrangements in accordance with the School Admissions Code 2014.

iv)           That Officers notify the Secretary of State by 28 February 2016 that Shropshire Council has determined its school admissions arrangements for the 2017/18 academic year.

115.1  The Portfolio Holder for Children and Young People presented a report by the Director of Children’s Services – copy attached to the signed Minutes – on the change to the Council’s admission arrangements for the 2017/18 academic year and noted that the Local Admissions Forum had approved the proposed arrangements.

115.2  RESOLVED:

i)             That the proposal to amend the local authority’s designated catchment area for secondary school applicants resident in the Craven Arms area be approved.

ii)            That the admission arrangements for 2017/18 be approved as determined in March 2015 without further amendment.

iii)           That Cabinet, by agreeing to the above, determines the school admission arrangements for Shropshire Council for the academic year 2017/18 and to the required publication of the arrangements in accordance with the School Admissions Code 2014.

iv)           That Officers notify the Secretary of State by 28 February 2016 that Shropshire Council has determined its school admissions arrangements for the 2017/18 academic year.