Councillor T Smith introduced a report that 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 2017-18.  This was a statutory requirement.

The report also provided an update on the outcome of the governing bodies’ decisions on the federation of Somerville Primary School and Brentwood Early Years Centre.

Appended to the report were:

·  Appendix 1 – Scheme for the coordination of admission arrangements for primary schools 2017-2018

·  Appendix 2 – Scheme for the coordination of admission arrangements for secondary schools 2017-2018

·  Appendix 3 –  Somerville Consultation leaflet

RESOLVED: That

(1)  the proposed admission arrangements for community and voluntary controlled schools and the Wirral co-ordinated schemes for 2017-18 be agreed; and

(2)  the decision by the governing bodies of Somerville Primary School and Brentwood Early Years Centre to enter into a hard federation from 31 January 2016 be noted.