A report inviting the Committee to determine:

·         The admissions arrangements for Community Primary Schools in Reading for the school year 2023/24.

·         The coordinated scheme for primary and junior schools for the 2023/24 school year.

·         The coordinated scheme for secondary schools for the 2023/24 school year.

·         The Relevant Area 2023.

·         Maps of the Primary catchment areas.

The Executive Director of Children’s Services – Education, Early Help and Social Care, Brighter Futures for Children, submitted a report that invited the Committee to agree the determination of school admission arrangements for September 2023 as follows:

• The admissions arrangements for Community Primary Schools in Reading for the school year 2023/24.
• The coordinated scheme for primary and junior schools for the 2023/24 school year.
• The coordinated scheme for secondary schools for the 2023/24 school year.
• The Relevant Areas 2023.
• Maps of the Primary catchment areas.

Copies of the schemes, policies, relevant area and maps were appended to the report.

The report noted that the arrangements for 2023/24 complied with the School Admissions Code 2021.

Resolved –

(1)         That the scheme attached to the report at Annexes A, B and C as the admissions arrangements for 2023/24 for community schools in Reading and the local arrangements for complying with the national coordinated primary school admission procedures for the allocation of primary school places for residents of Reading Borough be agreed;

(2)     That the scheme attached to the report at Annex D as the local arrangements for complying with the national coordinated secondary admissions procedure for the allocation of secondary school places for 2023/24 for residents of Reading Borough be agreed;

(3)     That the relevant area attached to the report in Annex E which set out the organisations that must be consulted for any admissions arrangements for schools in Reading be agreed.