1. What was the number of pupils who were moved to a different school under Fair Access Protocol (FAP) arrangements in your local authority area in the current academic year (2023/2024) and in each academic year since 2018/2019? Please provide a breakdown by year.
2. What was number of pupils who were subject to more than one move between schools under FAP arrangements in the current academic year (2023/2024) and in each academic year since 2018/2019? Please provide a breakdown by year.
| Year | Reception | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Totals | Children considered more than once for FA placement |
| 2019-20 | 22 | 45 | 53 | 31 | 58 | 44 | 16 | 36 | 29 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 359 | 3 |
| 2020-21 | 39 | 48 | 49 | 35 | 57 | 54 | 28 | 15 | 35 | 27 | 11 | 3 | 401 | 6 |
| 2021-22 | 53 | 50 | 37 | 45 | 57 | 58 | 37 | 22 | 21 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 408 | 5 |
| 2022-23 | 23 | 47 | 63 | 35 | 58 | 43 | 36 | 24 | 29 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 386 | 5 |
| 2023-24* | 15 | 17 | 20 | 20 | 15 | 16 | 22 | 13 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 177 | 0 |
*Up until and including the 18th March 2024.
If possible, please provide the following additional information:
3. A breakdown of the reasons for FAP placements (e.g., exclusion, lack of suitable school place, etc.) for each year – in the current academic year (2023/2024) and in each academic year since 2018/2019.
All of these Fair Access Placements were children arriving as in-year admission where a placement was made at an alternative school by the School Admissions Team.
4. A breakdown of the age or year group of the pupils involved in FAP placements for each year – in the current academic year (2023/2024) and in each academic year since 2018/2019.
The year group is provided in the dataset above. Please note the year group applies to the year that the applicant was seeking admission into.