Agenda, decisions and minutes

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asked to declare any disclosable pecuniary interest, or other

registerable interest, they might have in respect of business on this

agenda, if they have not already done so in advance on the

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interest.

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The Executive Member was asked to declare, at this point in the meeting, any personal interests, not included on the Register of Interests, or any prejudicial or disclosable pecuniary interests that he might have had in respect of business on the agenda. The Executive Member declared that he was a teacher at an academy in York. Prior to the meeting, he had taken advice from the Monitoring Officer and as items on this agenda did not affect him more than any other person, he had been advised that it was not a declarable interest.

To approve and sign the minutes of the Decision Session held on Tuesday, 6 February 2024.

Resolved: That the minutes of the decision session held on 6 February 2024 be approved and signed by the Executive Member as a correct record.

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This report seeks approval of the school term dates for schools for whom the City of York Council is the employer, for the school year beginning in September 2025.

Resolved:

That the Executive Member approved the term dates provided in Annex C of the report and continued to follow the guiding principles of setting term dates regionally and where possible align the term dates with our bordering Local Authorities.

Reason: To have met the statutory requirements of legislation including

the Education Act 2002, (Section 32), and other related legislation.

The School Admissions Manager presented the report and noted that although some Local Authorities’ (LAs) term dates differed due to fixed Easter breaks, the proposed dates in Annex C of the report had been considered in consultation with bordering LAs’ term dates, such as North Yorkshire Council’s and East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s, of which were also subject to their own consultation and determination process.

Resolved:

That the Executive Member approved the term dates provided in Annex C of the report and continued to follow the guiding principles of setting term dates regionally and where possible align the term dates with our bordering Local Authorities.

Reason: To have met the statutory requirements of legislation including

the Education Act 2002, (Section 32), and other related legislation.