Most Relevant Text: “Please note that whilst a lot of Education Authorities have ‘distance’ as their main criterion we do not have an equal spread of secondary schools and the use of distance would mean that some children, living furthest away from a secondary school, may not qualify for entry to any school.”

Most Relevant Text: “To date parents are challenging the measurements to their nearest schools and sending in evidence of made up footpaths which the system does not always identify from the ordnance survey maps which form the basis of Surrey’s Geographical Information System (GIS). We therefore continue to update GIS as and when necessary and SMART online. Legal Services are concerned about these challenges and have advised again that a more objective way of measuring home to school distance that is less open to challenge is to use radial (straight line) distance. Would you support this change?”

A meeting to discuss proposal to change 2008 criteria.

Most Relevant Text: Pages 6-8 Para 25/07 Item 8

Includes “Mr Barker proposed that the report be referred back to the Executive for further consideration. However, the Executive Member for Schools, Children and Youth Services gave an assurance that, in the light of this year’s experience, there would be a review of the Admissions arrangements for September 2008 entry”

Adjudicator Determination VAR/000275; the determination was in response to the Appeal by Horsley Parents against the Determined Criteria and also the Application by Surrey County Council for an in year variation.

 Most Relevant Text, Para’s 25 - 27

After further consideration the Adjudicator has decided to amend his determination with regard to the admissions criteria for Howard of Effingham and Oxted Secondary Schools for 2008. He has agreed to remove the words "at which there are places available"

Following high profile problems with the admissions policy in 2007, the Executive requested a review of the 2009 policy.

This paper recommends a school admissions policy for 2009 as the basis for consultation - it includes a policy for schools where the Schools Adjudicator imposed a one-year variation for 2008. The objective is a transparent and equitable policy, which is easily understood, compliant with the 2007 Admissions Code and the Schools Adjudicator’s rulings.