Lead Member – Councillor Nicholas Bardsley – Portfolio Holder for Children and Young People

Report of the Director of Children’s Services

Contact: Karen Bradshaw  Tel: 01743 254201

RESOLVED:

i.      That the proposal to amend the local authority’s admission arrangements be approved, namely:

·         The rationalisation of the designated secondary school catchment areas for properties at Bomere Heath, Hoptonheath , Clunbury, Cockshutt, Morville, Pennerley and Stanwardine.

ii That the admission arrangements for 2019/20 be approved without further amendment to those determined in February 2017.

iii  That, by agreeing to the above, the school admission arrangements for Shropshire Council for the academic year 2019/20 and the required publication of the arrangements in accordance with the School Admissions Code 2014 be determined.

iv  That Officers notify the Secretary of State by 28 February 2018 that Shropshire Council has determined its school admissions arrangements for the 2019/20 academic year.

The Portfolio Holder for Children and Young People presented a report from the Director of Children’s Services on the change to the Council’s admission           arrangements for the 2019/20 academic year.  He added that consultations had taken place between 15 December 2017 and 26 January 2018 and the         Local Admissions Forum also supported the proposed arrangements.

RESOLVED:

i.      That the proposal to amend the local authority’s admission arrangements be approved, namely:

·         The rationalisation of the designated secondary school catchment areas for properties at Bomere Heath, Hoptonheath , Clunbury, Cockshutt, Morville, Pennerley and Stanwardine.

ii That the admission arrangements for 2019/20 be approved without further amendment to those determined in February 2017.

iii  That, by agreeing to the above, the school admission arrangements for Shropshire Council for the academic year 2019/20 and the required publication of the arrangements in accordance with the School Admissions Code 2014 be determined.

iv  That Officers notify the Secretary of State by 28 February 2018 that Shropshire Council has determined its school admissions arrangements for the 2019/20 academic year.