Decision details

To consider the draft admission arrangements for September 2010.

Relevant Overview and Scrutiny Committee: Children and Adults Overview and Scrutiny Committee.

43/2009 The Cabinet agreed the following changes to the Secondary Coordinated Scheme and Timetable for Testing: i) Proposed timetable A (as set out in appendix B to the report) be approved; ii) Late applications be accepted from those moving into the area and those with exceptional reasons for the delay up until 11 December 2009. After this date, all applications will be dealt with after allocation; iii) The pass mark for the Medway Test be calculated based on the whole Medway Cohort, which will include children on the Hoo Peninsula.
44/2009 The Cabinet agreed the following changes to the Primary Coordinated Scheme and arrangements including Published Admission Numbers: i) No changes be made to the Primary co-ordinated scheme in Medway, other than to change the key dates where they fall on a weekend; ii) The oversubscription criterion for current family association be extended to include siblings attending a paired infant or junior school who will still be attending in September 2010; iii) The Planned Admission Number (PAN) for Delce Junior School be reduced from 120 to 90 for 2010.

The Council is required to undertake a detailed consultation exercise prior to the determination of its school admission arrangements for September 2010. The decisions take into account the responses from the consultation.