Agenda item

To consider the report of the Director of Children and Families which seeks approval of the Leeds City Council admission arrangements (admission policy) for September 2023. The admission policy applies to all Community and Voluntary Controlled Schools in the city.

The Director of Children and Families submitted a report which sought approval of the Leeds City Council admission arrangements (admission policy) for September 2023, with the report highlighting that the admission policy applied to all Community and Voluntary Controlled Schools in the city.

RESOLVED –

(a)  That in determining the school admissions arrangements for the academic year 2023/24, the admissions policies for the Leeds Community and Voluntary Controlled Primary and Secondary schools (as detailed at Appendices A, B, & C of the submitted report), be approved;

(b)  That the necessary authority be provided to the Lead for Admissions and Family Information Service to enable that officer to take any actions should there be a need to revise these arrangements after they have been determined, where this revision is necessary to give effect to a mandatory requirement of the Admission Code, admissions law, a determination of the Schools Adjudicator or any misprint in the admission arrangements, under regulation 19 of the School Admissions Regulations 2012;

(c)  That the following be noted:-

(i)  The Coordinated scheme for admissions arrangements for entry in September 2023 (as detailed in Appendix D to the submitted report);

(ii)  That the officer responsible for this work is the Lead for Admissions and Family Information Service;

(iii)  That the statutory date for implementation (i.e. determination of the policies) is no later than 28 February 2022, with the arrangements being published by 15 March 2022.