Determination of admissions policy for community and voluntary controlled schools and Wirral coordinated admissions scheme for all schools. Statutory requirement to determine the co-ordinated scheme for Wirral schools following consultation.

Councillor Tony Smith presented a report by the Director of Children’s Services invited the Cabinet to determine the Authority’s admission arrangements for community and voluntary controlled primary and secondary schools and the co-ordinated schemes for 2015-2016.  Members noted that this was a statutory requirement.

Appended to the report was:

·  Appendix 1 - The Scheme for the Co-ordination of Admission Arrangements for Maintained Primary Schools in the Wirral Area for the Academic Year 2015-2016; and

·  Appendix 2 - The Scheme for the Co-ordination of Admission Arrangements for Maintained Secondary Schools in the Wirral Area for the Academic Year 2015-2016.

RESOLVED:

That the proposed admission arrangements for community and voluntarycontrolled schools and the Wirral co-ordinated schemes for 2015-2016 be agreed.