Admissions to School

Christine Grice

Head of Pupil Services

Education & Culture

Admission to School

• Lewisham Co-ordinated Scheme 2004

• Pan London Secondary Co-ordinated Scheme 2004

• Primary Co-ordinated Scheme 2006

• Casual Admissions Co-ordinated Scheme 2006

Role of the Admission Forum

• Responsible for seeking to promote agreements on arrangements for dealing with a range of difficult issues, including how to ensure vulnerable children are effectively provided for in admission agreements.

Code of Practice 2004

Learning the Lessons from a Serious Case Review

• Voluntary organisations need Child Protection Training and need procedures in place.

• Guidance to schools on vulnerability of newly arrived children so that they can access services.

• Improved tracking for casual admission applicants

• Appoint a mobile pupils attendance and welfare officer.

New Requirements for Tracking Missing Pupils

• All LEAs to have a robust tracking system by 2005

• Provide full-time education for all casual admissions

New Provision to Meet Needs

• Pilot ESOL programme Lewisham College and 2 Mainstream secondary schools - 1½ day language support on school site.

• KS4 Project from January 2005 - ½ term in induction followed by mainstream integration.

• Individual programmes with Lewisham College

Community Support

• Supplementary schools in Lewisham for past 20 years

• 30 supplementary schools currently in Lewisham

• Since 2002 Community sector unit has supported 23 groups