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Referral from the School Transport and Curriculum Appeals Committee - Amendment to Education Travel Assistance Policy

Meeting: 30/03/2021 - Cabinet (Item 7)

7 School Transport and Curriculum Appeals Committee - Referral to Cabinet PDF 186 KB

Minutes:

Background:

This report set out the School Transport and Curriculum Appeals Committee’s (STCAC) recommended change to the Education Travel Assistance Policy (ETAP). This asked the Cabinet to consider whether pupils who secure a place at a Medway grammar school on appeal should also be classed as grammar ability under the policy.

The report stated that as demand for Medway’s grammar schools rose and school places filled by pupils who had been successful in the Medway Test, the opportunity for parents whose children were not assessed as being of grammar ability through the Test itself and the review process, to obtain a place at grammar school on appeal, was restricted to one or two schools which historically had a number of vacant places.

Decision number:	Decision:
43/2021	The Cabinet noted the recommendation from the School Transport and Curriculum Appeals Committee and the advice from officers and authorised officers to undertake public consultation on the proposed change and report the outcome back to the Cabinet for determination.

Reasons:

Amending the ETAP and making related budgetary decisions are matters for Cabinet.