Changes to school admissions
Bradford Council is proposing to adjust the size of the intake for a number of schools to cope with the changing demand for places.
The Executive is asked to give permission for a consultation on the proposals at its next meeting in City Hall on Tuesday, 18 December.
Plans are already underway to consult on increasing the admission number from 60 to 75 at Lidget Green Primary from September 2009.
Other proposals are to reduce the admission number at Addingham Primary from 45 to 30; and from 210 to 180 at Nab Wood School from September 2009.
Permission is also sought to consult on creating priority areas for Ben Rhydding, East Morton CE and Long Lee Primary schools which are oversubscribed, and to change the shape of the priority admission areas for Grange Technology College and Feversham College.
The plans include removing the Burley Oaks Primary school's priority area after complaints from families as it took precedence over the sibling rule.
Coun Colin Gill, the Council's Executive Member for Services for Children and Young People, said: "These proposals result from the annual monitoring of school places and admissions and are part of the wider process of admissions policy development and the forward planning of school places.
"It is essential we do all we can to ensure schools run smoothly and so that there are enough places in areas where there is greater demand, such as in the central areas of the district."
If approved, further research and feasibility studies would be carried out with all interested parties and consultation would run until February 2008.
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Date: 11.12.07
