A report by the Director of Law, HR and Asset Management advised of the statutory requirement to appoint members to sit on both School Admission and Exclusion Appeals.

The report invited the Cabinet to consider an application from two members of the public to sit on both School Admission and Exclusion Panels as members experienced in education. The exempt appendix referred to in section 4 was an exempt document and therefore not in the public domain by virtue of the applicants’ personal information contained within it.  (Minute No. 297 refers).

The Cabinet was also requested to consider the approval of an existing Lay Member of the Panel who, subject to appropriate training, was willing to act as Chair.

RESOLVED:  That

(1)  the Cabinet be recommended to appoint Ann Barker as Chair to the Appeals Panel;

(2)  the Cabinet be recommended to appoint Patricia Mary McClure and Jennifer Ann Turner to the pool of persons with experience in education for the Appeals Panel; and

(3)  in future preference be given to appointing School Appeal Panel Members who have residency in Wirral, if possible.