Children And Families Services Committee - 07/03/2022

At a MEETING of the CHILDREN AND FAMILIES SERVICES COMMITTEE held remotely on 7th March, 2022.

Present:-

BAILIES

COUNCILLORS

External members for Articles I to II

Mrs M McVEAN, Church of Scotland Representative

Ms M LECK, Roman Catholic Church Representative

Mr D BAXTER, Teacher Representative

Ms J BARCLAY, Teacher Representative

Councillor Stewart HUNTER, Convener, in the Chair.

The minute of meeting of this Committee of 21st February, 2022 was held as read.

Unless marked thus * all items stand delegated.

I DECLARATION OF INTEREST

There were no declarations of interest.

II RETAINING RESERVED PLACES IN SCHOOLS FROM 2022/2023

On a reference to Article V of the minute of meeting of the Education Committee of 19th February, 2001, there was submitted Report No 77-2022 by the Executive Director of Children and Families Service reporting the requirement to review the allocation of reserved places on an annual basis and proposing the allocation for session 2022/2023.

The Committee:-

(i) noted the content of the report;

(ii) approved the proposals for the allocation of reserved places in schools for the school session 2022/2023 as outlined in Appendix 1 of the report; and

(iii) noted the existing criteria for admission to school (Extract from Placing Request Guidelines) as outlined in Appendix 2 of the report.

Stewart HUNTER, Convener.