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:  To note that there were no Reserve Members in attendance at this 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 Mrs Camilla Bath declared a non-pecuniary interest in that she was a governor at Whitchurch First School, St George’s Catholic Primary School and Harrow High School.

Councillor Krishna James declared a non-pecuniary interest in that her sister worked at Glebe School.

They would remain in the room for the consideration of any cases relating to that school.

Ms G Caroli, Headteacher of Grimsdyke School, declared a disclosable pecuniary interest in relation to case P397.  She would leave the room during the consideration of this case, as it related to Grimsdyke School.

That the minutes of the meeting held on 20 March 2013 be taken as read and signed as a correct record.

RESOLVED:  That the minutes of the meeting held on 20 March 2013, 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.

In accordance with the Local Government (Access to Information) Act 1985, cases P378-P412 were admitted late to the agenda to allow the Panel to allocate an appropriate place to the applicants.  In addition, a number of letters from various schools were circulated to the Panel for their consideration prior to making any decisions.  A grid setting out the pupil numbers and the distances to schools were also circulated.

On 17 April 2013,there were 35 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 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:

The Panel Members requested that the day and time of the Panel meetings be changed to a Tuesday at 3.00 pm for the municipal year 2013/14.