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School Admissions Co-ordinated Schemes and Arrangements 2023
Meeting: 14/12/2021 - Cabinet (Item 7)
7 School Admissions Arrangements 2023 
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Background:
This report provided details of the outcome of the consultation on the coordinated admission schemes and arrangements for primary and secondary schools for September 2023.
Section 3 of the report outlined the proposed changes to admissions arrangements.
The proposed changes to the 2023 secondary admission arrangements were:
· the revision of dates to fit the 2023/24 admission timeline
· removal of the Medway Test late registrations deadline
· change of Medway Test results publication from 4pm Monday 3 October 2022 to 10am Tuesday 4 October 2022
· change of deadline for schools to provide work for Medway Test review from 10am 12 October 2022 to 4pm 11 October 2022
· definition of looked after/previously looked after children updated to reflect changes to School Admissions Code September 2021. The definition now includes those who appeared to be in state care outside of England.
The proposed changes to primary admissions 2023/24 were:
· the revision of dates to fit the 2023/24 admission timeline.
· reduction of the published admission number at Crest Infant School from 90 to 60 due to falling demand in the part of Rochester where the school is located.
The report explained that 13 responses to the consultation had been received. These were summarised in section 4 to the report.
A Diversity Impact Assessment had been undertaken on the proposals, as set out in Appendix 3 to the report.
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140/2021 |
The Cabinet noted the outcome of the consultation process as set out in section 6 of the report, agreed the amendments to the admissions arrangements for 2023 as set out in section 3 of the report and approved:
a) The co-ordinated scheme for admissions to secondary schools 2023 (Appendix 1).
b) the co-ordinated scheme for admissions to primary schools 2023, incorporating the admissions arrangements for Community and Voluntary Controlled schools (Appendix 2).
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Reasons:
Approving the proposed admissions arrangements would ensure that the Council meets its statutory duty to comply with admissions legislation.