Reduction to Published Admission Number for academy school
Posted: Mon Mar 18, 2013 10:59 am
Does anyone have any advice re the following.
I have a 6 year old son currently in Year 2. I put an application in last December (all on time and correct) for his junior school place and our first choice school was our local C of E primary school which converted to academy status in Dec 2012. At the time, its PAN was 60. Its PAN is still 60 according to its website. The LEA tells me that as far as the LEA is concerned, its PAN is still 60, although the LEA say they are "aware" that it is intending to seek to reduce its PAN to 30. The school is now verbally telling parents who have applications in for Sept 2013 year 3 entry, that it will only be taking in 30 children.
Is this lawful? As an academy, isn't it subject to the same rules as other non academy schools, i.e. it cannot reduce its PAN without going through some kind of consultation procedure, presumably involving consulting people like me who are parents of prospective pupils? (We haven't been consulted at all, we have only heard this via other parents)
From the figures which the LEA have given to me about applications to this school, it is oversubscribed if the number to be admitted is 30, but not oversubscribed if the PAN stays at 60.
Any advice much appreciated.
I have a 6 year old son currently in Year 2. I put an application in last December (all on time and correct) for his junior school place and our first choice school was our local C of E primary school which converted to academy status in Dec 2012. At the time, its PAN was 60. Its PAN is still 60 according to its website. The LEA tells me that as far as the LEA is concerned, its PAN is still 60, although the LEA say they are "aware" that it is intending to seek to reduce its PAN to 30. The school is now verbally telling parents who have applications in for Sept 2013 year 3 entry, that it will only be taking in 30 children.
Is this lawful? As an academy, isn't it subject to the same rules as other non academy schools, i.e. it cannot reduce its PAN without going through some kind of consultation procedure, presumably involving consulting people like me who are parents of prospective pupils? (We haven't been consulted at all, we have only heard this via other parents)
From the figures which the LEA have given to me about applications to this school, it is oversubscribed if the number to be admitted is 30, but not oversubscribed if the PAN stays at 60.
Any advice much appreciated.