2. Admissions to School Christine Grice Head of Pupil Services Education & Culture

3. Admission to School Lewisham Co-ordinated Scheme 2004 Pan London Secondary Co-ordinated Scheme 2004 Primary Co-ordinated Scheme 2006 Casual Admissions Co-ordinated Scheme 2006

4. Role of the Admission Forum Responsible for seeking to promote agreements on arrangements for dealing with a range of difficult issues, including how to ensure vulnerable children are effectively provided for in admission agreements. Code of Practice 2004

5. Learning the Lessons from a Serious Case Review Voluntary organisations need Child Protection Training and need procedures in place. Guidance to schools on vulnerability of newly arrived children so that they can access services. Improved tracking for casual admission applicants Appoint a mobile pupils attendance and welfare officer.

6. New Requirements for Tracking Missing Pupils All LEAs to have a robust tracking system by 2005 Provide full-time education for all casual admissions

7. New Provision to Meet Needs Pilot ESOL programme Lewisham College and 2 Mainstream secondary schools - 1½ day language support on school site. KS4 Project from January 2005 - ½ term in induction followed by mainstream integration. Individual programmes with Lewisham College

8. Community Support Supplementary schools in Lewisham for past 20 years 30 supplementary schools currently in Lewisham Since 2002 Community sector unit has supported 23 groups