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Consultation: School catchment area review - for admissions from 2013 - 14
This consultation is now closed. Thank you for your interest.
Starts and Finishes
Starts
05/12/2011
Finishes
10/02/2012
Wards Affected:-
City-wide
Why we are doing this?
City Mayor Peter Soulsby asked council officers to review catchment areas to ensure that all children in the city have fair access to a single catchment area school.
The proposals make the links between primary and secondary schools much clearer, so that parents have a better understanding of the paths open to them.
School catchment areas have not been changed since the city became a unitary authority in 1997. The council has closed five secondary schools since then and operated a system of priority and linked areas for school admissions.
The proposals we are putting forward will provide a single primary and secondary catchment school for each address in the city. A small number of changes are also proposed for primary catchment areas.
The council is also consulting on behalf of four schools where the governors carry out the role of admission authority: Babington Community Technology College, Fullhurst Community College, New College and The Samworth Enterprise Academy.
This consultation forms part of the annual consultation on admission arrangements for 2013-14.
Who we are asking?
The council will be seeking the views of parents / carers, schools, the county council and other stakeholders.
Details:-
From 9am on Monday 5th December 2011, until 6pm on Friday 10th February 2012, respondents are invited to answer four questions about the review and to provide us with any further comments.
Information about the proposed changes can be found in the pdf documents attached below. These documents are quite large and may be slow to download, depending on your connection speed.
You can answer the questions online by clicking on the link below, or you can print out a copy of the questionnaire and return it to the freepost address below.
Alternatively, you can also inspect the relevant materials and complete the questionnaire at a number of city council service points, including Customer Service Centres, Children's Centres and Libraries and return it to the freepost address given.
Have your say
take part in our online questionnaire
By Post -
FREEPOST 985/33, Catchment Area Review, Leicester City Council, New Walk Centre, Leicester, LE1 7ZP.
Download the questionnaire from this site or pick one up from your local Customer Service Centre, Children's Centre or library
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Contact Information
If you need help reading this information or require it in a different format please contact us on 0116 252 7000.
You can download and view Portable Document Format (PDF) versions of our consultation documents above. You'll need Adobe Reader to see these, which can be downloaded from
the Adobe website*
*External links open in new windows. Leicester City Council is not responsible for the content and services on external websites or any software downloaded to your computer.
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What will we do with your feedback?
In February 2012 the city council will analyse the views that have been expressed in the consultation and determine the final arrangements for the city council to consider. A final decision will be made by the council in March 2012. The new catchment areas will then be used for admissions for the academic year 2013-14.
Comments received in regard to Babington Community Technology College, Fullhurst Community College, New College and The Samworth Enterprise Academy will be shared with the governors and trustees of each school in order for them to make their own decision about the proposals. The proposals for The Samworth Enterprise Academy will also require the approval of the Secretary of State for Education.
