Issue - meetings

To consider the report of the Director of Children’s Services providing statistical information on the annual admissions round for entry to Reception and year 7 for September 2015. In addition, the report considers the potential effect of the latest government consultation on changes to the admissions code, and also potential for changes within the Leeds City Council admissions policy.

The Director of Children’s Services submitted a report providing statistical information on the annual admissions round for entry to Reception and year 7 for September 2015. In addition, the report considered the potential effect of the latest government consultation on changes to the admissions code, and also potential for changes within the Leeds City Council admissions policy.

In receiving the submitted report, the Chair acknowledged the extraordinary work being undertaken to continue to address the challenges being faced by the Council in this area.

RESOLVED – That the following be noted:-

-  The numbers of applications for both phases of education; that the percentage of successful first preferences for secondary admissions was 83% and for Reception admissions was 85%;

-  The percentage of parents receiving one of their top three preferences was 95% for secondary and 93% for primary;

-  The percentage of parents getting none of their preferences and made an alternative offer instead was 4.5% in secondary (3.2% last year) and 5.5% in primary (5% last year);

-  The expected contents of the government consultation on changes to the admissions code for 2016;

-  That the officer responsible for such matters is the Admissions and Family Information Service Lead.