Received a report outlining the work underway towards co-ordinated admission to schools in Barking and Dagenham. The report sets out how the Council has been working with Voluntary Aided Schools to develop an application process common to all schools in the Borough; at the same time, a Working Party of Headteachers and officers has been reviewing the existing Admissions Criteria.
The Admissions Best Value Review, confirmed in the Barking and Dagenham Local Education Authority’s OFSTED Inspection Report, recommended a review of the Admissions Criteria and the Casual Admissions processes. The proposals are intended to make the process of joining a Barking and Dagenham school more transparent, equitable and efficient.
Agreed the proposed implementation strategy, consultation document and process, in order to comply with the Education Act 2002, which requires co-ordination of admissions procedures across the Council’s schools by September 2004.