Meetings
P-05-832 To Amend the School Admissions Code Relating to Summer-Born Children
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Meeting: 09/07/2019 - Petitions Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)
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3 P-05-832 To Amend the School Admissions Code Relating to Summer-Born Children
Supporting documents:
- Cover sheet, item 3 PDF 42 KB View as HTML (3/1) 10 KB
- 24.06.19 Correspondence - Minister for Education to Chair, item 3 PDF 167 KB
- 26.06.19 Correspondence - Petitioner to Chair, item 3 PDF 137 KB View as HTML (3/3) 4 KB
Minutes:
The Committee considered further correspondence from the Minister for Education and from the petitioner, and agreed to await the publication of the public consultation on a revised Schools Admissions Code in autumn 2019 before considering whether any further action is required on the petition.
Meeting: 21/05/2019 - Petitions Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)
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3 P-05-832 To Amend the School Admissions Code Relating to Summer-Born Children
Supporting documents:
- Cover sheet, item 3 PDF 42 KB View as HTML (3/1) 10 KB
- Summary grid of local authority responses , View reasons restricted (3/2)
- 15.04.19 Correspondence - Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council to Chair, item 3 PDF 196 KB View as HTML (3/3) 5 KB
- 16.04.19 Correspondence - Caerphilly County Borough Council to Chair, item 3 PDF 187 KB View as HTML (3/4) 7 KB
- 14.05.19 Correspondence - Petitioner to Committee, item 3 PDF 90 KB View as HTML (3/5) 4 KB
- 15.05.19 Correspondence - Pembrokeshire County Council to Chair, item 3 PDF 228 KB View as HTML (3/6) 5 KB
- 15.05.19 Correspondence - Pembrokeshire County Council to Chair - Annex, item 3 PDF 259 KB
Minutes:
The
Committee considered further correspondence on the petition and agreed to write
to the Minister for Education to:
·
seek
the details of any findings from her engagement work with local authorities on
this issue;
·
ask
for any emerging conclusions arising from the review of the School Admissions
Code in relation to requests to delay entry for summer-born children; and
·
ask
when a public consultation on the School Admissions Code will commence.
Meeting: 19/03/2019 - Petitions Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)
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3 P-05-832 To Amend the School Admissions Code Relating to Summer-Born Children
Supporting documents:
- Cover sheet, item 3 PDF 42 KB View as HTML (3/1) 10 KB
- Summary grid of local authority responses , View reasons restricted (3/2)
- Correspondence - Petitioner to Chair, item 3 PDF 276 KB View as HTML (3/3) 30 KB
- Correspondence - Anglesey County Council to Chair (Welsh only), item 3 PDF 295 KB View as HTML (3/4) 13 KB
- Correspondence - Anglesey County Council to Chair (private) , View reasons restricted (3/5)
- Correspondence - Bridgend County Borough Council to Chair, item 3 PDF 199 KB View as HTML (3/6) 10 KB
- Correspondence - Cardiff Council to Chair, item 3 PDF 125 KB
- Correspondence - Carmarthenshire County Council to Chair, item 3 PDF 306 KB View as HTML (3/8) 14 KB
- Correspondence - Ceredigion County Council to Chair, item 3 PDF 26 KB View as HTML (3/9) 7 KB
- Correspondence - Denbighshire County Council to Chair, item 3 PDF 316 KB View as HTML (3/10) 8 KB
- Correspondence - Gwynedd Council to Chair (Welsh only), item 3 PDF 67 KB View as HTML (3/11) 9 KB
- Correspondence - Gwynedd Council to Chair - guidance (Welsh only), item 3 PDF 160 KB View as HTML (3/12) 24 KB
- Correspondence - Gwynedd Council to Chair (private) , View reasons restricted (3/13)
- Correspondence - Gwynedd Council to Chair - guidance (private) , View reasons restricted (3/14)
- Correspondence - Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council to Chair, item 3 PDF 279 KB View as HTML (3/15) 8 KB
- Correspondence - Monmouthshire County Council to Chair, item 3 PDF 168 KB View as HTML (3/16) 19 KB
- Correspondence - Newport City Council to Chair, item 3 PDF 428 KB View as HTML (3/17) 20 KB
- Correspondence - Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council to Chair, item 3 PDF 269 KB View as HTML (3/18) 19 KB
- Correspondence - Swansea Council to Chair, item 3 PDF 315 KB View as HTML (3/19) 19 KB
- Correspondence - Torfaen County Borough Council to Chair, item 3 PDF 194 KB View as HTML (3/20) 8 KB
- Correspondence - Vale of Glamorgan Council to Committee, item 3 PDF 198 KB View as HTML (3/21) 20 KB
- Correspondence - Wrexham County Borough Council to Chair, item 3 PDF 383 KB View as HTML (3/22) 12 KB
Minutes:
The Committee considered correspondence from a number of local authorities and the petitioners, and agreed to write again to seek the outstanding responses from local authorities as a matter of priority.
Meeting: 13/11/2018 - Petitions Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)
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3 P-05-832 To Amend the School Admissions Code Relating to Summer-Born Children
Supporting documents:
- Cover Sheet, item 3 PDF 42 KB View as HTML (3/1) 10 KB
- 18.10.18 Correspondence - Cabinet Secretary for Education to the Chair, item 3 PDF 261 KB
- 6.11.18 Correspondence - Petitioner to the Chair, item 3 PDF 25 KB View as HTML (3/3) 5 KB
- 18.9.18 Correspondence - Petitioner to the Committee, item 3 PDF 234 KB View as HTML (3/4) 54 KB
Minutes:
The
Committee considered correspondence from the Cabinet Secretary for Education,
together with further comments from the petitioner, and agreed to write to all local
authorities to ask for details of their policies in relation to requests to
defer admission for summer-born children including:
·
the
number of requests received;
·
the
number granted or refused; and
·
where
a deferral is agreed, which school year the pupil subsequently joins.
Meeting: 25/09/2018 - Petitions Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 2)
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2 P-05-832 To Amend the School Admissions Code Relating to Summer-Born Children
Supporting documents:
- Cover sheet, item 2 PDF 42 KB View as HTML (2/1) 10 KB
- Research brief, item 2 PDF 86 KB View as HTML (2/2) 44 KB
- 06.08.18 Correspondence - Cabinet Secretary for Education to the Chair, item 2 PDF 204 KB
- 18.09.18 Correspondence - Petitioner to Committee, item 2 PDF 234 KB View as HTML (2/4) 54 KB
Minutes:
The
Committee considered the petition for the first time and agreed to write back
to the Cabinet Secretary for Education to seek further information about the
review of the School Admissions Code, including its scope and intended
timescales, before considering further action on the petition.