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Ensuring that vulnerable children are allocated a school place (Fair Access Protocol)

Board meetings

Vulnerable Children without a school place – presented by Admissions. A list of the proposed placements will be provided in advance of the meeting.
Permanent Exclusions – To consider the needs of pupils and provide information about students who need to secure a school place via the Fair Access Protocol – presented by Aspire.
Managed Moves - Exceptional cases will be presented by the Exclusions and Reintegration Team and a representative from the home school. The Board members will consider a managed move where a young person is at risk of permanent exclusion and where schools have been unsuccessful in securing a managed move locally (schools must have established that pupil, parent/carers agree with principle of a managed move).
Updates on existing managed move cases will be provided to the Board – presented by the Exclusions and Reintegration Team and/or a representative from the receiving school.
Updates of Full time PRU placements will be provided to the Board – presented by Aspire.
Statistics and trend items – presented by the Education Entitlement Manager.

The Local Authority is responsible for the quality assurance of the paperwork relating to the Board.
The Chair of the Board will work with the Business Support Specialist to ensure paperwork relating to a meeting is accurate and is shared in a timely and safe manner.