Purpose

Admissions arrangements for Community and
Voluntary Controlled schools for 2027/28 entry, alongside
coordinated schemes for admission for 2027/28 entry.

Decision

Having complied with paragraph 15 of the
Council’s Access to Information
Procedure Rules.
 
(i) 
To approve the Admissions Policies, the Published Admission
 
  Numbers (PANs)
and the Supplementary Information Form (SIF)    for Community and
Voluntary Controlled schools and the       schemes for
coordinating Infant-Primary, Junior and Secondary       admissions for the
school year 2027/28 as set out in appendices    1 to 6.
(ii) 
 To authorise the Executive Director -
Wellbeing (Children and
 
 
Learning) to take any action necessary to give effect to the
 
 
admissions policies and to make any changes necessary to the
 
 
admissions policies where required to give effect to any Acts,
 
 
Regulations or revised Schools Admissions or School        Admissions
Appeals Codes or binding Schools Adjudicator,  
    Court or
Ombudsman decisions whenever they arise.

Reasons for the decision

This report is submitted for consideration as
a General Exception under paragraph 15 of the Access to Information
Procedure Rules in Part 4 of the City Council’s Constitution,
notice having been given to the Chair of the relevant Scrutiny
Panel and the Public.
 
Due to reorganisation of responsibility for
education services within the City Council, the required notice
period for publication on the forward plan was missed. It is
required for this to be considered as an urgent decision, rather
than held over to later Cabinet meetings, to adhere to the
statutory duty for admission authorities to determine their
admissions arrangements by 28th February in the determination year,
which for 2027/28 entry is 2026.

Alternative options considered

To take no action. Rejected as would leave
Southampton City Council remiss in its statutory duties.