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Consultation on School Admission Arrangements 2015

Each year admission authorities must set admission arrangements (sometimes referred to as ‘admission policy’).

Admission arrangements must explain how applications for school places will be processed and include a set of criteria that will be applied if there are more applications than places at the school.

Admission authorities must ensure that the arrangements comply with the School Admissions Code and that the practices and the criteria used to decide the allocation of school places is fair, clear and objective.

Where changes are proposed to admission arrangements the admission authority must publicly consult on the proposed arrangements.

Rutland County Council has opened the consultation page on its website where you will find copies of proposed admission arrangements for 2015 that are currently open for consultation. The consultation page can be found on our admissions website at www.rutland.gov.uk/admissions

School Admissions
Rutland County Council

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Have your say on Transport Support for Students in Rutland

Consultation on Proposed Changes to Home to School Transport

Rutland Council is continuing to face a number of challenges. The funding we receive from national Government is reducing and there is a determination to hold back from increasing council tax charges to residents.

The Council sets out to provide the best quality services that can be offered and ensure that best value principals are embedded in everything it does.

The Council has a Medium Term Financial Plan which forecasts the likely income and revenue streams facing the Council on a rolling five year basis. In line with this, the Council needs to continue to make financial efficiencies in order to ensure that future financial targets are met.

In line with the above, the Council has been looking at transport costs with a view to ceasing any transport which is non-statutory.

Whilst many local authorities across the country have already taken action to stop providing discretionary transport, Rutland has maintained provision. However, it was agreed at the Council’s Cabinet on Tuesday 20 August to seek the public views on the withdrawal of denominational and post 16 transport. The details are summarised below:

Denominational transport

The Council spent £95,000 in the 2012/13 academic year supporting 40 students to faith based schools. Whilst students contribute £253.50 each toward the cost of their transport the net cost of providing denominational transport is expensive to maintain. Indications are that student numbers are likely to grow in the 2013/14 academic year.

The Council would like to seek views on the following two options:

(i) To withdraw denominational transport entirely with effect from September 2014. This option would mean that ALL denominational transport support would cease after July 2013 including those already receiving transport support.

(ii) To introduce a phased withdrawal of denominational transport from September 2014. This option would mean that no new students will be given transport support after July 2013 BUT existing students would continue to receive transport support until the end of their current school placement.

Post 16 Transport

During the 2012/13 academic year the council spent £94,000 supporting 90 students to various post 16 colleges. Students contributed £332 toward the cost of providing the transport.

The Council would like to seek views on the following two options:

(i) To withdraw post 16 entirely with effect from September 2014. This option would mean that ALL post 16 transport support would cease after July 2013 including those already receiving transport support.

(ii) To introduce a phased withdrawal of post 16 transport from September 2014. This option would mean that no new students will be given transport support after July 2013 BUT existing students would continue to receive transport support until the end of their current school placement.

Consultation

The Council would like to take into account the views of residents and partners in developing our final proposals. Should you wish to express your views, please contact Rutland County Council:

tel: 01572 758 451 or email: transport@rutland.gov.uk

Responses should be received by Thursday 26 September 2013 at the latest.

What happens next?

All responses arising from the consultation will be fed back to Council’s Cabinet in October. The final results of the consultation exercise and any actions will be published on the website in due course.

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Let there be Light!

Cabinet Switch On

Ribbon cutting

North Luffenham has become the first village in Rutland to benefit from the £3 million Digital Rutland project.

Now that the new FTTC (Fibre To The Cabinet) has been switched on and we have a super fast optical fibre communication link with the virtual world outside our village, you should now be able to talk to your internet service provider about switching to a faster service of up to 80Mbps, such as BT Infinity.

 

Superfast Broadband Cabinet Switch On Ceremony

There will be a ceremonial switch on for the FTTC cabinet in Church Street, North Luffenham, (near to the school entrance) Tuesday 16th July 2013 between 12:30 and 13:00, by Digital Rutland / OpenReach / BT.

An OpenReach display bus will be parked in the Fox and Hounds car park from 11am, for information purposes.

Not sure if this means we will actually be able to get fibre packages from tomorrow – first question of the day 🙂


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Superfast Broadband Coming Soon!

Digital Rutland

Digital Rutland is a Rutland County Council and BT partnership which is funded by the Department of Culture, Media and Sport (dcms) as part of the Broadband Delivery UK (BDUK) Project to bring superfast fibre broadband speeds of up to 80Mbps to businesses and homes across Rutland.

Openreach is currently in the process of upgrading the infrastructure to bring fibre optics from the local exchanges to new cabinets in each village. The plan is to provide access to superfast broadband speeds for the majority of the 17,000 properties in Rutland by the end of 2013.

If you would like to keep up to date with developments, Digital Rutland will be publishing regular newsletters about the progress of the Rutland broadband upgrade project.

If you have any questions visit the Digital Rutland FAQ page to find out more information.

This video explains the various phases of upgrading the UK’s broadband network infrastructure:

via Syd Overington, NLPC

Adult Social Care Consultation

Rutland County Council is proposing some changes to Adult Social Care services.

This includes proposals to change to who is eligible for services and what they cost. The meetings will include a presentation so please arrive promptly

Come along to a meeting to hear more.

Spaces are limited so please book your place.

Public Briefing Dates, Times and Locations

  • Wednesday 10 April – 6pm-8pm – Council Chamber – Catmose, Oakham, Rutland LE15 6HP
  • Wednesday 10 April 10am-12 noon – Uppingham Town Hall – High Street East, Uppingham, Rutland. LE15 9PY
  • Wednesday 10 April- 1pm-3pm – Uppingham Town Hall – High Street East, Uppingham, Rutland. LE15 9PY
  • Friday 12 April – 10am-11am – Council Chamber- Catmose, Oakham, Rutland LE15 6HP
  • Friday 12 April – 6pm-8pm – Council Chamber- Catmose, Oakham, Rutland LE15 6HP
  • Thursday 25 April 10am-11am – Council Chamber- Catmose, Oakham, Rutland LE15 6HP
  • Tuesday 14 May 2pm-4pm – Voluntary Action Rutland – Lands’ End Way, Oakham, Rutland. LE15 6RB
  • 23 May 10.30am-12.30pm – St Marys Congregational Hall, Ketton – Chapel Lane, Ketton, Rutland. PE9 3RF
  • 25 May 10.00am-12.00pm – St Marys Congregational Hall, Ketton – Chapel Lane, Ketton, Rutland. PE9 3RF
  • Wednesday 29 May 2pm-4pm – Ryhall Village Hall – Church Street, Ryhall, Stamford. LINCS PE9 4HR

You can find all of the background information on the Rutland County Council website.

Contact Details

Contact: ascconsultation@rutland.gov.uk

Or write to:

Adult Social Care
Rutland County Council
Catmose
Oakham
Rutland
LE15 6HP

or call and leave a voicemail on: 01572 758444

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