Admittance into Reception Year of Children Outside of Normal Age Group, where Lincolnshire County Council are the Admissions Authority (Community/Voluntary Controlled schools) - Find a freedom of information request

Request

Admittance into Reception Year of Children Outside of Normal Age Group, where Lincolnshire County Council are the Admissions Authority (Community/Voluntary Controlled schools).

 

1. How many requests were made in each individual school year including, and since Academic Year 2016/2017 to Lincolnshire County Council (LCC) Primary/First schools in each individual year (of the September start date) by parents for a Delayed Admission into Reception Year where the child was summer-born under the Department for Education definition (1st April to 31st August), and the parents were requesting that the child be admitted to Reception Year in the September after the child's fifth birthday? (as per the Schools Admissions Code 2021, parts 2.18-2.20)

 

2. How many such requests were

a) Accepted

b) Refused, in each individual year including and since Academic Year 2014/2015?

Decision

1.

 

Year of Entry

No. summer born out of cohort requests for LCC maintained schools

2015

0

2016

11

2017

11

2018

26

2019

22

2020

21

2021

11

2022

12

2023

26

2024

37

 

2 a and b.

 

Year of Entry

Refused

Accepted

2015

N/A

N/A

2016

8

3

2017

3

8

2018

9

17

2019

12

10

2020

8

13

2021

1

10

2022

9

13

2023

18

8

2024

35

2

Reference number
7084978
Date request received
13 June 2023
Date of decision
29 June 2023