To approve Herefordshire Council’s proposed admissions arrangements for 2020/21.

The proposed arrangements comply with the current School Admissions Code which came into force on 19 December 2014. The recommendation applies to admission arrangements determined in 2019 for admission in school year 2020/21 for those schools in Herefordshire for whom the council is the admissions authority.

Following a consultation process held in the autumn of 2018 the following changes were made in accordance with Minister of State guidance, priority is now given to Looked after children and children who were looked after outside England as well as those in England:

Priority 1 - Looked after children and children who were looked after in England, but ceased to be due to being adopted or became subject to a residence order or special guardianship order

Priority 2 - Looked after children and children who were looked after outside of England, but ceased to be due to being adopted or became subject to a residence order or special guardianship order  

That:

(a)          The proposed admission arrangements for 2020/21, as at appendix A, are approved.

1.         There are no alternatives. The proposed admission arrangements are the result of considering the responses to the formal consultation undertaken in the autumn of 2016. No other alternative arrangements were suggested via the consultation process. It is a statutory requirement to determine its admissions arrangements each year.