Content

 
 

 

 

For

Against

Abstain

 

 

For

Against

Abstain

1

Alexander

x

 

 

28

Lyons

 

x

 

2

Allen

x

 

 

29

Mackey

x

 

 

3

Asaduzzaman

x

 

 

30

McGregor

x

 

 

4

Atkinson

 

x

 

31

McLeay

x

 

 

5

Bagaeen

 

x

 

32

McNair

 

x

 

6

Baghoth

x

 

 

33

Meadows

 

x

 

7

Burden

x

 

 

34

Miller

x

 

 

8

Cattell

x

 

 

35

Muten

x

 

 

9

Czolak

x

 

 

36

Nann

x

 

 

10

Daniel

x

 

 

37

O’Quinn

x

 

 

11

Davis

 

x

 

38

Pickett

 

x

 

12

De Oliveira

x

 

 

39

Pumm

Not present

13

Earthey

x

 

 

40

Robins

x

 

 

14

Evans

x

 

 

41

Robinson

x

 

 

15

Fishleigh

x

 

 

42

Rowkins

x

 

 

16

Fowler

 

 

x

43

Sankey

x

 

 

17

Galvin

x

 

 

44

Shanks

x

 

 

18

Gauge

Not present

45

Sheard

x

 

 

19

Goddard

x

 

 

46

Simon

x

 

 

20

Goldsmith

Not present

47

Sykes

x

 

 

21

Grimshaw

x

 

 

48

Taylor

x

 

 

22

Guilmant

x

 

 

49

Theobald

 

x

 

23

Helliwell

x

 

 

50

Thomson

x

 

 

24

Hewitt

x

 

 

51

West

 

x

 

25

Hill

 

x

 

52

Wilkinson

x

 

 

26

Hogan

 

x

 

53

Williams

x

 

 

27

Loughran

Not present

54

Winder

x

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

38

11

1

 
The mayor confirmed that the recommendations
had been carried by 38 to 11 against with 1 abstention.
 
RESOLVED:
 
1)            
That Full Council
agrees to make no changes to the council’s admission
arrangements other than the proposed changes listed below in
recommendations 2.2 to 2.11. The full admission arrangements are
set out in Appendix 5.
 
2)            
That Full Council
agrees to increase the Published Admission Number (PAN) of Rudyard
Kipling Primary School from 30 to 45 for entry into reception year
from September 2026
 
3)            
That Full Council
agrees to amend the catchment area boundary between Longhill High
School and Dorothy Stringer and Varndean schools, as set out in
section 20 below.
 
4)            
That Full Council
agrees to reduce the Published Admission Number (PAN) at
Blatchington Mill School from 330 to 300 for entry into year 7 from
September 2026.
 
5)            
That Full Council
agrees to reduce the Published Admission Number (PAN) at Dorothy
Stringer School from 330 to 300 for entry into year 7 from
September 2026.
 
6)            
That Full Council
agrees to reduce the Published Admission Number (PAN) at Longhill
High School from 270 to 210 for entry into year 7 from September
2026.
 
7)            
That Full Council
agrees to make a change to the admissions priorities for community
secondary schools, to provide that at any school the percentage of
places for pupils eligible for Free School Meals within the
oversubscription priorities 1-5 should be set at 30% of the
Published Admission Number (PAN).
 
8)            
That Full Council
agrees to the introduction of a new Criteria 6 within the
oversubscription criteria for entry into community secondary
schools in the city, to be referred to as Open Admissions. This is
to be set at 5% of the total PAN of those schools and is only
available to pupils living within a single school catchment area in
the city.
 
9)            
That Full Council
agrees to increase the number of preferences that families can
express from three to four for admission from September 2026
onwards.
 
10)        
That Full Council
agrees to make no change to the ‘relevant area’ for
school admissions purposes.
 
11)        
That Full Council
agrees to the proposed primary and secondary school coordinated
schemes.
 
12)        
That Full Council
notes the intention to review the Home to School Transport Policy
informed by the admissions arrangements determined by Full Council,
review capital expenditure on school buildings in 2025/26 and
evaluate the educational disadvantage strategy, Better Outcomes,
Better Lives.