Agenda and minutes

To note the attendance at this meeting of any duly appointed Reserve Members.

Reserve Members may attend meetings:-

(i)                 to take the place of an ordinary Member for whom they are a reserve;

(ii)               where the ordinary Member will be absent for the whole of the meeting; and

(iii)             the meeting notes at the start of the meeting at the item ‘Reserves’ that the Reserve Member is or will be attending as a reserve;

(iv)              if a Reserve Member whose intention to attend has been noted arrives after the commencement of the meeting, then that Reserve Member can only act as a Member from the start of the next item of business on the agenda after his/her arrival.

RESOLVED:  That Executive Rule 19.1 (Suspension) be applied to suspend Executive Rule 38.1 (Allocation) to allow Councillor Mrs Camilla Bath to be a Member of the Panel for the meeting.

To receive declarations of disclosable pecuniary or non pecuniary interests, arising from business to be transacted at this meeting, from:

(a)               all Members of the Panel;

(b)               all other Members present.

RESOLVED:  To note that the following interests were declared:

Agenda Item 8 – Admission to County Schools

Councillor Camilla Bath declared a non pecuniary interest in that she was a governor of Whitchurch First School and Nursery, Harrow High School and St George’s Roman Catholic School.  She would remain in the room for the consideration of any cases relating to those schools.

Councillor Asad Omar declared a non pecuniary interest in the above item in that he was a governor of Nower Hill School.  He would remain in the room for the consideration of any cases relating to that school.

That the minutes of the meeting held on 31 October 2012 be taken as read and signed as a correct record.

The Panel agreed to consider the minutes as an urgent item for the reasons set out in the supplemental agenda.

RESOLVED:  That the minutes of the meeting held on 31 October 2012, be taken as read and signed as a correct record.

To receive questions (if any) from local residents or organisations under the provisions of Executive Procedure Rule 51 (Part 4D of the Constitution).

RESOLVED:  To note that no public questions were put, or petitions or deputations received at this meeting.

To resolve that the press and public be excluded from the meeting for the following item of business, on the grounds that it involves the likely disclosure of confidential information in breach of an obligation of confidence, or of exempt information as defined in Part I of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972:

RESOLVED:  That, in accordance with Part I of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972, the press and public be excluded from the meeting for the following item for the reason set out below:

Report of the Corporate Director Children and Families.

The Panel agreed to consider the report as a matter of urgency for the reasons set out on the supplemental agenda.

It was noted that the case reference numbers P175, P176, P177, P178, P179, P182, P183 and P186 had been withdrawn as the relevant pupils had been allocated a place prior to the meeting.

On 14 November 2012,there were 7 children for whom admissions staff could make no reasonable offer of a school place.  The School Placement Panel was requested to recommend to the Corporate Director of Children and Families that the admission of these pupils to a school where no places existed in the relevant year group be authorised.

Letters from the Executive Headteacher and the Associate Headteacher of Camrose Primary School and the Admissions Secretary of Grange Primary School were made available to the Panel.

Resolved to RECOMMEND: (to the Corporate Director of Children and Families)

That offers of admission to schools be made as follows: