Parents urged to have their say on school admissions consultation
Friday, 30th October 2015.
The county council is seeking views on its proposed admissions policy for the 2017/2018 school year; ensuring school places are offered to children in a fair way.
The consultation, which launches Monday 2nd November, will run until Monday 14 December 2015.
We are considering whether or not to include the children of staff employed by a school within the oversubscription criteria to give them some priority for school places. These criteria are used to rank applications when a school receives more applications than it has places available. There are different ways we could introduce this and your views are important to us.
We are also proposing to make:
minor changes to the Suffolk Co-ordinated Admission Scheme, which sets out the details of our arrangements for the 2017/2018 school year; and
some amendments to the Fair Access Protocol which supports the admission of unplaced young people who live in Suffolk, especially the most vulnerable, so that they are offered a suitable place as quickly as possible.
Councillor Lisa Chambers, Suffolk County Council’s cabinet member for education and skills, said: “I encourage parents and carers to go online and take a look at the proposed admissions procedures and tell us what they think.
“School admissions are a very sensitive subject and so we must listen to what our residents and parents are telling us about the current process and what we are proposing before making any decision”.
The governing bodies of voluntary aided, foundation, academies and free schools are responsible for admissions to their schools. If you want to view the arrangements for these schools you should contact the school directly.
To view the consultation documents and to have your say on the proposals, please visit www.suffolk.gov.uk/consultations, alternatively you can write to Georgina Beard, Suffolk County Council, Endeavour House, 8 Russell Road, Ipswich, IP1 2BX or email: admissionsconsultation@suffolk.gov.uk
The consultation, which launches Monday 2nd November, will run until Monday 14 December 2015.
We are considering whether or not to include the children of staff employed by a school within the oversubscription criteria to give them some priority for school places. These criteria are used to rank applications when a school receives more applications than it has places available. There are different ways we could introduce this and your views are important to us.
We are also proposing to make:
minor changes to the Suffolk Co-ordinated Admission Scheme, which sets out the details of our arrangements for the 2017/2018 school year; and
some amendments to the Fair Access Protocol which supports the admission of unplaced young people who live in Suffolk, especially the most vulnerable, so that they are offered a suitable place as quickly as possible.
Councillor Lisa Chambers, Suffolk County Council’s cabinet member for education and skills, said: “I encourage parents and carers to go online and take a look at the proposed admissions procedures and tell us what they think.
“School admissions are a very sensitive subject and so we must listen to what our residents and parents are telling us about the current process and what we are proposing before making any decision”.
The governing bodies of voluntary aided, foundation, academies and free schools are responsible for admissions to their schools. If you want to view the arrangements for these schools you should contact the school directly.
To view the consultation documents and to have your say on the proposals, please visit www.suffolk.gov.uk/consultations, alternatively you can write to Georgina Beard, Suffolk County Council, Endeavour House, 8 Russell Road, Ipswich, IP1 2BX or email: admissionsconsultation@suffolk.gov.uk
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