The council’s education committee approved a proposal to increase the planned capacity for placing requests at Dalziel High School to 80 per cent rather than the current level of 75 per cent.
North Lanarkshire Council is updating its policies on school admissions, including a formal change to rules for placing requests at a secondary school in Motherwell.
The council’s education committee approved a proposal to increase the planned capacity for placing requests at Dalziel High School to 80 per cent rather than the current level of 75 per cent.
Temporary allocation of pupils to Dalziel High School has historically operated on the basis of 75 per cent of its total capacity of 1,207 pupils, or 905. However this figure is to be increased to 80 per cent to allow more placing requests to be granted.
In fact, high demand for places at Dalziel mean the school has been operating at this level for some years, although this is now formally approved in council policy.
The committee also agreed to hold consultations on a new school admissions policy and a report on exclusion and appeal procedures is to be presented to a future meeting.
*Don’t miss the latest headlines from around Lanarkshire. Sign up to our newsletters here.
And did you know Lanarkshire Live had its own app? Download yours for free here.
READ MORE: New series from Coatbridge comic book king Mark Millar is filled with local place names