Consultation on the admission arrangements for community and voluntary controlled schools for September 2021

Overview

Surrey County Council would like your views on proposed changes to admission arrangements for community and voluntary controlled schools for September 2021

The consultation on these proposals will run from Friday 11 October 2019 to Wednesday 11 December 2019.

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. Children of Staff – adding priority for children of staff for all community and voluntary controlled schools
2. Worplesdon Primary School – proposal to decrease the published admission number for Reception intake from 60 to 57
3. Removal of ten schools from the list of schools that will be excluded when assessing each child's nearest school – proposal to remove St Joseph's Catholic Primary School - Epsom & Ewell; St Thomas of Canterbury Catholic Primary School - Guildford; St Anne's Catholic Primary School - Reigate & Banstead; St Joseph's Catholic Primary School - Reigate & Banstead; St Francis Catholic Primary School - Tandridge; St Cuthbert Mayne Catholic Primary School - Waverley; St Edmund's Catholic Primary School - Waverley; St Polycarp's Catholic Primary School - Waverley; Charters School - Windsor & Maidenhead; The Wavell - Hampshire 

What happens next

Thank you for taking the time to respond to the consultation on admission arrangements for 2021.

After the closing date, responses will be collated and presented to the County Council's decision making Cabinet on 28 January 2020. 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 4 February 2020. 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.