Agenda and minutes

School Placement Panel - Wednesday 12 March 2014 10.00 am

Venue: Committee Room 6, Harrow Civic Centre, Station Road, Harrow, HA1 2XY. View directions

Contact: Maria Farrell, Democratic & Electoral Services Officer  Tel: 020 8424 1367 E-mail:  maria.farrell@harrow.gov.uk

Items
No. Item

430.

Attendance by Reserve Members

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.

Minutes:

RESOLVED:  To note the attendance at this meeting of the following duly appointed Reserve Member:-

 

Ordinary Member

 

Reserve Member

 

CouncillorRaj Ray

Councillor Mrinal Choudhury

 

431.

Declarations of Interest

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.

Minutes:

RESOLVED:  To note that the following interests were declared:

 

Agenda Item 8 – Admission to County Schools

 

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

 

Mrs A Winstrom declared a pecuniary interest in that she was Headteacher at Whitchurch First School and Nursery.  She would leave the room during the consideration of any cases relating to the school.

432.

Minutes

That the minutes of the meeting held on 26 February 2014 be taken as read and signed as a correct record.

Minutes:

RESOLVED:  That it be noted that the minutes of the meeting held on 26 February 2014 would be submitted to the next meeting.

433.

Public Questions/Petitions/Deputations

To receive any public questions received in accordance with Executive Procedure Rule 50 (Part 4D of the Constitution).

 

Questions will be asked in the order notice of them was received and there be a time limit of 15 minutes.

 

[The deadline for receipt of public questions is 3.00 pm, Friday 7 March 2014.  Questions should be sent to publicquestions@harrow.gov.uk  

No person may submit more than one question].

Minutes:

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

434.

Exclusion of the Press and Public

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:

 

Agenda Item No

 

Title

Description of Exempt Information

8.

Admission to County Schools

Information under paragraph 1 (contains information relating to any individuals).

 

Minutes:

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:

 

Item

Title

 

Reason

8.

Admission to County Schools

Information under paragraph 1 (contains information relating to any individual).

 

435.

Admission to County Schools

Report of the Corporate Director Children and Families.

Minutes:

In accordance with the Local Government (Access to Information) Act 1985, cases P952-P990 were admitted late to the agenda to allow the Panel to allocate an appropriate place to the applicants.  The Panel also received a grid which set out the home to school distance for each pupil which was circulated at the meeting.  In addition, a number of letters from headteachers and school representatives of various schools, which set out information about pupil numbers at their schools, were circulated to the Panel for consideration.

 

On 12 March 2014,there were 31 children for whom admissions staff could make no reasonable offer of a school place.  There were also 9 children whose cases had been withdrawn, as they had been allocated school places.  The School Placement Panel was requested to recommend to the Corporate Director of Children and Families to authorise the admission of these pupils to a school where no places existed in the relevant year group.

 

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

 

That offers of admission to schools be made as follows:

 

 

Reference

Year Group

Admitting School

 

1

P951

Reception

Withdrawn

2

P952

Reception

Roxeth Primary

3

P953

Reception

Heathland

4

P954

Reception

Withdrawn

5

P955

Reception

West Lodge Primary

6

P956

Reception

Withdrawn

7

P957

Reception

Withdrawn

8

P958

1

Marlborough Primary

9

P959

1

Norbury

10

P960

1

Withdrawn

11

P961

1

Priestmead Primary

12

P962

1

St Bernadette’s Catholic Primary

13

P963

1

West Lodge Primary

14

P964

1

Pinner Park Infant and Nursery

15

P965

1

Camrose Primary with Nursery

16

P966

1

Camrose Primary with Nursery

17

P967

2

St Anselm’s Catholic Primary

18

P968

2

Norbury

19

P969

2

Earlsmead Primary

20

P970

2

Heathland

21

P971

2

Belmont

22

P972

2

Stanburn Primary

23

P973

2

Stag Lane Infant

24

P974

3

Heathland

25

P975

3

Withdrawn

26

P976

3

Withdrawn

27

P977

3

Cannon Lane Primary

28

P978

3

Belmont

29

P979

3

Kenmore Park Junior

30

P980

3

Stag Lane Junior

31

P981

3

Withdrawn

32

P982

4

Withdrawn

33

P983

4

Priestmead Primary and Nursery

34

P984

4

Belmont

35

P985

4

Camrose Primary with Nursery

36

P986

5

Cannon Lane Primary

37

P987

5

West Lodge Primary

38

P988

5

Pinner Wood

39

P989

6

West Lodge Primary

40

P990

Reception

Pinner Wood