Cabinet is recommended to:-

2.1            Agree the admission criteria for Tower Hamlets primary and secondary community schools in 2014/15, as set out in Appendices 1 and 2.

2.2            Agree the scheme for co-ordinating admissions to Reception and Year 7 for 2014/15, as set out at Appendix 3.

2.3            Agree the scheme for co-ordinating ‘In-Year’ Admissions for 2014/15, set out at Appendix 4.

2.4            Agree the planned admission number for each Tower Hamlets School in 2014/15, set out at Appendix 5.

2.5            Agree the revised constitution of the Tower Hamlets School Admission Forum as outlined in in Appendix 6.

NOTE:  The Mayor indicated that the following amendments would be made to Appendix 1 of the report:

The paragraph on Page 2 of Appendix 1 (Admission Arrangements for Community Primary Schools 2014/15) that reads:

“In the event of oversubscription within categories 3 and 4 and 5, priority will be given, firstly, to children who live the furthest distance to the nearest alternative school within their catchment area; secondly, to children outside the catchment area, by the shortest walking distance (See note 3).”

Be replaced by the following:

“In the event of oversubscription within categories 3 and 4, priority will be given to children for whom the school applied for is their nearest school within the catchment area; secondly, to children who live nearest the school by the shortest walking distance. (See note 3).

In the event of oversubscription within category 5, priority will be given to children who live nearest the school by the shortest walking distance. (See note 3).”

DECISION

1.            To agree the admission criteria for Tower Hamlets primary and secondary community schools in 2014/15, as set out in Appendices 1 (as amended) and 2.

2.            To agree the scheme for co-ordinating admissions to Reception and Year 7 for 2014/15, as set out at Appendix 3.

3.            To agree the scheme for co-ordinating ‘In-Year’ Admissions for 2014/15, set out at Appendix 4.

4.            To agree the planned admission number for each Tower Hamlets School in 2014/15, set out at Appendix 5.

5.            To agree the revised constitution of the Tower Hamlets School Admission Forum as outlined in Appendix 6.

Action by:

CORPORATE DIRECTOR, EDUCATION, SOCIAL CARE AND WELLBEING (A. CANNING)

(Head of Pupil Admissions and Exclusions, Education, Social Care and Wellbeing (T. Bryan)