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 the attendance at this meeting of the following duly appointed Reserve Member:

To receive declarations of personal or prejudicial interests, arising from business to be transacted at this meeting, from:

(a)               all Members of the Committee, Sub Committee, Panel or Forum;

(b)               all other Members present in any part of the room or chamber.

RESOLVED:  To note that the following interests were declared:

Agenda Item 8 – Admissions to County Schools

CouncillorNarinder Singh Mudhar declared a personal interest in that he was a Governor of Harrow High School.  He would remain in the room whilst the matter was considered and voted upon.

CouncillorAsad Omar declared a personal interest in that he was a Governor of Nower Hill School.  He would remain in the room whilst the matter was considered and voted upon.

That the minutes of the meeting held on 3 February 2010 be taken as read and signed as a correct record.

RESOLVED:  That the minutes of the meeting held on 3 February 2010 be taken as read and signed as a correct record.

To receive questions (if any) from local residents or organisations under the provisions of Advisory Panel and Consultative Forum Procedure Rule 16 (Part 4E of the Constitution).

RESOLVED:  To note that no public questions were put, or petitions or deputations received at this meeting under the provisions of Advisory Panel and Consultation Forum Procedure Rules 16, 14 and 15 (Part 4E of the Constitution) respectively.

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 the press and public be excluded from the meeting for the following item for the reasons set out below:

Report of the Corporate Director Children’s Services.

In accordance with the Local Government (Access to Information) Act 1985, cases H55, H56  and H57 were admitted late to the agenda to allow the Panel to allocate an appropriate place to the applicants.  It was noted that case H54 had been circulated with the main agenda.

On 17 March 2010, there were four children for whom admissions staff could make no reasonable offer of a school place.  The Education Admissions and Awards Advisory Panel was requested to recommend to the Director of Schools and Children’s Development to authorise the admission of these pupils to schools where no places existed in the relevant year group.

Resolved to RECOMMEND:

That offers of admission to schools be made as follows: