Agenda and decisions

To receive notification of any declarations of pecuniary and /or conflict of interests from Members.

To answer questions and hear deputations, if any, asked by any resident of the Borough pursuant to Standing Orders.

To inform the Cabinet Portfolio Holder of the outcome of the Advisory Group for School Admissions meeting at which consideration was given to applications for secondary, junior and reception places for September 2021 with exceptional social or medical reasons.

The Cabinet Member RESOLVED:

Having received the recommendations of the Advisory Group to grant priority 2 to applications with ‘exceptional social or medical reasons’ to one application for Dorridge Primary School was granted.

For the Cabinet Portfolio Holder to determine the admission arrangements and qualifying scheme for the academic year 2022-2023.

The Cabinet Member RESOLVED:

To approve the proposed admission arrangements for Solihull community and voluntary controlled schools including published admission numbers and the qualifying scheme for admissions in 2022-2023, as detailed in appendix 1 to the report.

To update Cabinet Member on the outcome of the consultation process with parents, residents and the wider education community on the proposal to expand Cheswick Green Primary School.

The Cabinet Member RESOLVED:

(i)  To note the outcome of the consultation process having considered the responses and in doing so acknowledged that:

·  Cheswick Green Primary School is the only school that can be extended to provide the school places required by the local community; and

·  Parking and travelling were key issues that needed to be addressed going forward with the proposal.

(ii)  To approve that Officers move to the next stage of the process and publish a statutory proposal.

To approve a Local Authority nomination to school governing bodies.

The Cabinet Member RESOLVED to approve the proposal for the nomination of a Local Authority Governor shown in Appendix A to the report.