P-05-832 To Amend the School Admissions Code Relating to Summer-Born Children, Correspondence – Pembrokeshire County Council to Chair, 15.05.19

Dear Mr. Rowlands,

Apologies for the delay in responding to this request which has just been received by me.  Please see below for the responses to your questions as detailed on the original request:-

“In particular, we would be grateful to receive the following information:

• details of your authority’s policy in relation to requests for a deferral of school admission; See Policy attached

• any specific policy you operate in relation to requests for deferrals for summer-born children (those born between 1 April and 31 August); See Policy attached

For each of the past 3 years:

• the number of requests for deferral of school admission received;  2016 (1 received); 2017 (3 received); 2018 (18 received)
• the number of requests that were granted or rejected; 2016 (1 granted); 2017 (3 granted); 2018 (18 granted) 
• the number of requests for deferral of school admission for the reason that a child was ‘summer-born’ (as defined above) or not ready to start full time school due to the date of their birth None
• the number of these requests that were granted or rejected; N/A

• for any requests granted, whether those children were subsequently admitted within or outside of their normal age group. N/A”