Consultation on the admission arrangements for community and voluntary controlled schools for September 2023

Overview

Surrey County Council would like your views on proposed changes to admission arrangements for community and voluntary controlled schools for September 2023

The consultation on these proposals will run from Wednesday 20 October 2021 to Wednesday 1 December 2021.

Only response forms which are fully completed with the respondent's name and address will be accepted to help eliminate multiple responses and to assess the level of local interest in each proposal.

A full summary of the changes and a copy of the proposed admission arrangements for all community and voluntary controlled schools are set out in the 'Related documents' below.

For further information on how the data you provide will be used, please read the privacy notice section of our website: www.surreycc.gov.uk/your-council/your-privacy. By submitting the survey you indicate that you have considered the privacy notice and agree to take part.

Why your views matter

We have a statutory duty to consult on admission arrangements if we intend to make a change.

The changes being proposed are as follows:

1. Hurst Park Primary School - Removal of priority for children who have the school as their ‘nearest school’
2. Langshott Primary School - Removal of priority for children who have the school as their ‘nearest school’
3. Meath Green Infant School - Removal of priority for children who have the school as their ‘nearest school’
4. Tillingbourne Junior School - Removal of priority for children who have the school as their ‘nearest school’
5. Wallace Fields Junior School - Removal of priority for children who have the school as their ‘nearest school’
6. Walton on the Hill Primary School - Introduction of a catchment area to replace priority on the basis of ‘nearest school’
7. Reigate Priory School - amendment of the measuring point to be used to assess home to school distance when prioritising applicants on the basis of distance
8. West Ashtead Primary School - reduction in published admission number for Year 3 from 30 to 2
9. Leatherhead Trinity Primary School - introduction of a published admission number for Year 3 of 4
10. Felbridge Primary School - introduction of a published admission number for Year 3 of 2
11. All community and voluntary controlled nurseries and nursery schools - introduction of priority for children of staff

All community and voluntary controlled schools - introduction of a supplementary information form for children applying on the basis of social/medical need

What happens next

Thank you for taking the time to respond to the consultation on admission arrangements for 2023.

After the closing date, responses will be collated and presented to the County Council's decision making Cabinet on 25 January 2022. It will decide whether or not to proceed with the proposed changes as well as determining the admission arrangements for all community and voluntary controlled schools for which no changes are proposed. Cabinet’s decision will then need to be ratified by the full County Council on 8 February 2022. Once determined the final admission arrangements for all community and voluntary controlled schools will be placed on Surrey's website at www.surreycc.gov.uk/admissions.