Issue - meetings
Variation to Determined Admission Arrangements
Meeting: 21/07/2021 - Cabinet (Item 23)
23 Variation to Determined Admission Arrangements 
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Lead Member – Councillor Kirstie Hurst-Knight – Portfolio Holder for Children and Education
Report of Executive Director of Children’s Services attached
Contact: Karen Bradshaw 01743 254201
Decision:
RESOLVED:
2.1 That Cabinet approves the variations to Shropshire Council’s admission
arrangements for 2021-2022 and 2022-2023, namely to give equal top priority to
children who appear to the admission authority to have been in state care outside of
England and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted, alongside
children who are currently or were previously looked after by English local authorities
and ceased to be so as a result of being adopted.
2.2 That Cabinet approve the variations to take effect from 1 September 2021 in compliance with the School Admissions Code 2021.
Minutes:
The Portfolio Holder for Children and Education presented the report on therevised draft School Admissions Code that had passed through the Parliamentary process on 1 July 2021 requiring admission authorities across the country to agree by 1 September 2021 a variation to their admission arrangements to comply with the new Code.
She stated that this required IAPLAC children who appear to the admission authority to have been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted, to be given equal first priority in admission arrangements, alongside Looked After Children (LAC) and Previously Looked After Children (PLAC) children who were previously looked after by English local authorities.
RESOLVED:
i) That Cabinet approves the variations to Shropshire Council’s admission arrangements for 2021-2022 and 2022-2023, namely to give equal top priority to children who appear to the admission authority to have been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted, alongside children who are currently or were previously looked after by English local authorities and ceased to be so as a result of being adopted.
ii) That Cabinet approve the variations to take effect from 1 September 2021 in compliance with the School Admissions Code 2021.