Decision Session - Executive Member for Children, Young People and Education
Set out below is a summary of the decisions taken at the meeting of the Decision Session Executive Member for Children, Young People and Education held on Tuesday, 6 February 2024. The wording used does not necessarily reflect the actual wording that will appear in the minutes.
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4. Free Discretionary Transport to Tadcaster Grammar School
Resolved: That the Executive Member approved:
i. The phased removal of free discretionary transport to Tadcaster Grammar School from September 2025 and the provision of an allowance of £495 for siblings living in the catchment area and currently attending a primary school to follow older siblings. That this would be a contribution towards their concessionary fare until the older sibling reaches the end of Year 11 (compulsory school age). That this allowance would end for all those siblings at the latest by 2028/29 which is the end of the phasing out period for removal of free discretionary home to school transport to Tadcaster Grammar School;
ii. The amendment of the wording in the current policy for home to school transport and the Guide For Parents to as follows:
· “Children who live more than 3-miles (using the shortest, safe walking route) from and are attending a catchment area school within York”.
Reason: To achieve agreed savings targets, whilst ensuring that
parents are able that to make an informed choice about school
places from the year prior to admission to secondary school.