Decision details

To agree the admission arrangements and designated areas to apply in the 2017/18 academic year..

That:

      i.        the outcomes of the consultations into admissions arrangements be noted

     ii.        that the feeder primary school admission criterion be removed from community secondary school admission arrangements be agreed

    iii.        that no change be made to existing shared designated areas: Binfield and Warfield / Whitegrove; Warfield and Whitegrove; College Town and Owlsmoor; New Scotland Hill and St Michael’s Sandhurst be agreed

   iv.        that additional shared areas are appropriate for Quelm Park/Lawrence Hill between Sandy Lane and Warfield primary schools; for Temple Park between Meadow Vale and Binfield Learning Village primary schools; for the western half of the current Garth Hill College area between Binfield Learning Village (secondary) and Garth Hill College; for the Amen Corner North development area between Binfield CE and the new Amen Corner North primary schools; and for the TRL development between Crowthorne CE and Hatch Ride and Oaklands primary schools be agreed

    v.        the designated areas to be set for 2017/18 admissions onwards as shown in Annex 2 of the Director of Children, Young People and Learning’s report for primary schools and Annex 3 of the Director of Children, Young People and Learning’s report  for secondary schools be agreed.

   vi.        the admission arrangements for 2017/18 entry to community and, where applicable, voluntary controlled schools shown in Annexes 4 to 8 of the Director of Children, Young People and Learning’s report be approved

If admission arrangements are required to change, there is a statutory responsibility to consult widely and take views expressed into account.  Therefore with expanded and new schools likely to open in September 2017 there has been a need to consult in 2015 and for revised admission arrangements to be set by the end of February 2016.

Statutory and non-statutory consultation took place between 1 September and 20 November 2015.

None.  There is a statutory requirement for consultation and the formal agreement of arrangements.

None